https slower than svn+ssh?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Anton Shterenlikht <as at cmplx.uk> writes:

> SourceForge says:
>
> "Access over https will not perform as well as svn+ssh,
> so it should only be used if access using svn+ssh is problematic"
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/svn/#readwrite-access-via-https
>
> I wonder if this applies only to SourceForge,
> or is a known fact for any svn connection.

The latter.

If you read the subversion documentation, you will find a listing of the
tradeoffs between the different access methods available.