Thanks for the update. On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 10:28 AM Eric S. Raymond <e...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> There is good news bad news on the GCC repository conversion. > > The good news is that I have solved the only known remaining technical > problem in reposurgeon blocking the conversion. I've fixed the bug > that prevented execute permissions from being carried by branch > copies. > > The bad news is that my last test run overran the memnory capacity of > the 64GB Great Beast. I shall have to find some way of reducing the > working set, as 128GB DD4 memory is hideously expensive. > > The only remaining software issue is that I need to figure out what > should be done with your mid-branch deletes. When they're followed by > a branch copy the combination is probably best expressed as a merge > to the target branch. I need to audit to see if there are other > cases. > > Alas, this continues to be a slow and grindingly difficult job. > -- > <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> > > Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and > strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a > woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. > -- L. Neil Smith >
