Re: notes on fossil, ANTS, and 9front/Bell labs controversies

Rodrigo G. López <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jan 2020 11:41:34 +0100
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i'm sorry, what? lack of TLS?

go read 9front's tlssrv(8). it's been there for a while already.


-rodri

On Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 11:32 AM Steve Simon <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> fyi i have been running a fossil/venti pair since 2004 and it has been
> solid.
>
> what is too big - honest question.
>
> i thought the biggest issues are:
>
> performance - the elegance and generality sacrifice some performance,
> though this is not a problem for me.
>
>  lack of a tls fs interface - there is (imho) no excuse for a lack of tls
> these days.
>
> no way for a user in (say) the ventidump group to request an immediate
> dump - handy for checkpointing a code release, though justing copying the
> release to a new dir is ok.
>
> no way to push a vac score into the /archive hierarchy - nice for
> migrating in other backups.
>
> all these are fixable and on my todo list but none have happened.
>
> > On 10 Jan 2020, at 9:37 pm, hiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > =EF=BB=BF
> >>
> >> The major fly in the ointment is the outdated sha1 hash function used
> by venti
> >
> > major? fly? there's no problem with how sha1 is used by venti right now.
> >
> > a more substantial complaint would be that the venti/fossil system is
> > way too big.

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<html><html><div dir=3D"auto">i&#39;m sorry, what? lack of TLS?<div dir=3D"=
auto"><br /></div><div dir=3D"auto">go read 9front&#39;s tlssrv(8). it&#39;=
s been there for a while already.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br /></div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br /></div><div dir=3D"auto">-rodri</div></div><br /><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Jan 11, 202=
0, 11:32 AM Steve Simon &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">steve@qui=
ntile.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br /></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br />
fyi i have been running a fossil/venti pair since 2004 and it has been soli=
d.<br /><br />
what is too big - honest question.<br /><br />
i thought the biggest issues are:<br /><br />
performance - the elegance and generality sacrifice some performance, thoug=
h this is not a problem for me.<br /><br />
&nbsp;lack of a tls fs interface - there is (imho) no excuse for a lack of =
tls these days.<br /><br />
no way for a user in (say) the ventidump group to request an immediate dump=
 - handy for checkpointing a code release, though justing copying the relea=
se to a new dir is ok.<br /><br />
no way to push a vac score into the /archive hierarchy - nice for migrating=
 in other backups.<br /><br />
all these are fixable and on my todo list but none have happened.<br /><br =
/>
&gt; On 10 Jan 2020, at 9:37 pm, hiro &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
m" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br =
/>
&gt; <br />
&gt; &#xFEFF;<br />
&gt;&gt; <br />
&gt;&gt; The major fly in the ointment is the outdated sha1 hash function u=
sed by venti<br />
&gt; <br />
&gt; major? fly? there&#39;s no problem with how sha1 is used by venti righ=
t now.<br />
&gt; <br />
&gt; a more substantial complaint would be that the venti/fossil system is<=
br />
&gt; way too big.<br /><br />
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