[Python-Dev] Mercurial? (original) (raw)

Dirkjan Ochtman dirkjan at ochtman.nl
Mon Apr 6 08:07:39 CEST 2009

Alexandre Vassalotti <alexandre peadrop.com> writes:

If I recall correctly, only ssh clients can request compression to the server—in other words, the server cannot forces the clients to use compression, but merely allow them use it.

See the man page for sshdconfig and sshconfig for the specific details.

So we'll explain how to configure that in the .hgrc/Mercurial.ini file that people will have to create anyway.

Alternatively, we do it the way Mozilla has done and let everyone clone/pull over http and push over ssh. Then everyone always gets compression for the big clones/pulls, pushes are a little slower (but they aren't usually that large), and people who don't have push access already have the right setup.

Cheers,

Dirkjan

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