From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAA3C20209 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2017 20:33:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752046AbdGAUd0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2017 16:33:26 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f196.google.com ([209.85.192.196]:36132 "EHLO mail-pf0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751968AbdGAUdZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Jul 2017 16:33:25 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f196.google.com with SMTP id z6so21127091pfk.3 for ; Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:33:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=gdgcMb2hI+erWxHoZBXZtAOfodGa8OqzeAfcbHe9n1Y=; b=OkcLfBVCx0RaD9HYSLCgKTINUyQznQXO20YXN5BTQtCOJoqp79HADxwU4qJzrgOFDn jiu9wqXLQQa/sWNcU8fgmP2h9U5Tl/ihvElxVBB7bAxLIkj4rPPfj30q4QNMzZ/KbFDC i3dq7DqGTg+ogkQSoaF9Rj836f0VPvqXFi7Xj1CZKhFrhNS9DEKMw8Yuo79D9ynBFRav VFjbL5omLdl7cONWJY/aaRqz3IIH6YW0qMP9evvHuMJWmheZXHvODcfUagL938d88DJo 4LB6OAsOZrCi9UGbytEK2nYzL5pyaaxzscvsWA/5mwo5mmNUTJ5wtqJHCP4qDquZUL5b VtNg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=gdgcMb2hI+erWxHoZBXZtAOfodGa8OqzeAfcbHe9n1Y=; b=LYpzmkGLErDZEyyQZZutxjGNyq97TVToLj/pqCt9za/raBE5ZSzA/CbJRNorlA2Gyz DEqnWIgcVBmrQtKwFfvW06BA6ZCNH6M0rMrR4aARUnJGPPOoiUOMSvupSEDW043lt9iM xHHn/LVWHLU/uVqoqlf9CpxWjoAszGPztTm1Yfw0s6MoTJ039W9nEdLYO02z3xpnu2RI xlkM8U/G+kv6YZtlkHieJ+uFLZJOhj1FnOMMVYm9BACSzJwzXdUeiXWKgSudO7Pqx8Gg ibHMoAo7ZE51SFaht5L/xm5FWGeVNlONtqOHTz5L7ZbGX9c8+1ogfT1fbLvsr6rSrS/k 9HWQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw111VZQzPvjsuVlZJ91PFAq01Mgza1yUBVIKpiJGW1PZ638EBd64H RYhOaI7E02V7qA== X-Received: by 10.84.217.220 with SMTP id d28mr2344779plj.218.1498941204430; Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:33:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2620:0:1000:8622:fd45:ceab:278e:5d13]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d1sm27178763pfj.51.2017.07.01.13.33.23 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:33:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Christian Couder Cc: Ben Peart , git , Jeff King , Ben Peart , Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy , Mike Hommey , Lars Schneider , Eric Wong , Christian Couder Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH v4 00/49] Add initial experimental external ODB support References: <20170620075523.26961-1-chriscool@tuxfamily.org> <4be750af-b093-6644-7f0e-82983327766a@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:33:23 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Christian Couder's message of "Sat, 1 Jul 2017 21:41:02 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Christian Couder writes: >> I think it would be good to ensure the >> interface is robust and performant enough to actually replace the current >> object store interface (even if we don't actually do that just yet). > > I agree that it should be robust and performant, but I don't think it > needs to be as performant in all cases as the current object store > right now. That sounds like starting from a defeatest position. Is there a reason why you think using an external interface could never perform well enough to be usable in everyday work?