From d0096b43ce7232b91ad5315a5a5cc0b96f074508 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:00:52 -0400 Subject: comment --- ...ent_1_7afce3be7091e7fc27fa0a060456ada2._comment | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/treatment_of_largefiles_is_not_working_for_addurl_--fast___40__or_--relaxed__41__/comment_1_7afce3be7091e7fc27fa0a060456ada2._comment (limited to 'doc/bugs/treatment_of_largefiles_is_not_working_for_addurl_--fast___40__or_--relaxed__41__/comment_1_7afce3be7091e7fc27fa0a060456ada2._comment') diff --git a/doc/bugs/treatment_of_largefiles_is_not_working_for_addurl_--fast___40__or_--relaxed__41__/comment_1_7afce3be7091e7fc27fa0a060456ada2._comment b/doc/bugs/treatment_of_largefiles_is_not_working_for_addurl_--fast___40__or_--relaxed__41__/comment_1_7afce3be7091e7fc27fa0a060456ada2._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9f6bfde49 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/treatment_of_largefiles_is_not_working_for_addurl_--fast___40__or_--relaxed__41__/comment_1_7afce3be7091e7fc27fa0a060456ada2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-01-15T18:38:53Z" + content=""" +Obviously --relaxed doesn't know the size of the file at all, so it +wouldn't know what to do for "largerthan". + +--fast often knows the file size, but not always. When quvi is used, the +size is not included in the key. When a special remote claims an url, the +size may or may not be known. + +So, annex.largefiles could be supported for --fast but not for --relaxed, +and only for urls not using quvi or some special remotes. +This seems so complicated to document that it's probably not a good idea. +Such complexity makes me start to wonder if I made a mistake by adding this +feature to addurl. + +Also, adding support for this would complicate any later annex.largefiles +settings, like mime type matching, that need to look at the content of the +file. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3