[Trac] Browsing changesets causes "wedged" reposity

[David Ripton]

On 2005.03.06 22:11:15 +0000, Walter Nicholls wrote:
> From my reading of the subversion users&dev lists, issues with BDB back 
> ends are usually a problem with the BDB version shipped with a 
> particular distribution version. A couple have had problems - I can't 
> remember if Suse 9.1 is one of them.

I'm not sure about "usually," but those are far from the only problems
with the BDB backend.  I've seen it wedge under load even with a
correctly-locally-compiled BDB 4.2.

> Of course switching to fsfs is going to completely change the locking 
> and disk read/write technology - not _necessarily_ for the better. 
> Chances are in your situation the technology doesn't matter either way, 
> so keep using what works for you - I just take issue with fsfs being 
> presented as a blank "best" solution.

BDB repositories wedge under load.  FSFS repositories don't.

If someone wants help with making his repository stop wedging, "switch
to FSFS" is great advice.

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David Ripton    dripton at ripton.net