rep-cache.db: was SVN repo

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

On 08/09/2011 11:16 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> One problem with putting SVN on CTM seems to be the file
> base/db/repo-cache.db.
>
> I have no idea what this file is for, or even if it is necessary.  I
> have done a lot of googling, and I'm not finding much useful information.
>
> This is a huge file (about 85M).  It is not a text file, so every time
> it is changed, the next CTM delta contains the entirety of this file.
> With compression, this will make each delta about 40M.
>
> Does anyone know what this file is good for?

I tried deleting base/db/repo-cache.db.  It seems to be rather 
important, in that "svn update" didn't work when svn-ing from this 
repository.

I am going to conclude, at least for now, that svn on CTM is 
impractical.  Or at least that CTM will need some complete rethinking.

If FreeBSD were to switch to svn, and stop supporting cvs, how many 
people would be negatively impacted by not having svn on CTM?

Stephen