On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Ben Reser <b...@reser.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Philip Martin
> <philip.mar...@wandisco.com> wrote:
> > Looking at the repository path ('CONVERSION' and 'test') and the fact
> > that the error vanished when httpd was restarted is it possible this
> > involved a temporary repository being replaced by another repository at
> > the same path with the same UUID. If that happens I think apache may
> > have been using the in-memory cache associated with the old repository
> > when accessing the new repository.
>
> Realistically the UUID really shouldn't be used by caching to decide
> if it's looking at the same repo. Since it's exposed to clients users
> doing dump/load cycles are going to modify repos and end up with the
> same UUID. I'd suggest that we add another UUID that isn't exposed to
> the client and that svnadmin can't modify with load. The cache system
> should use this UUID for cache purposes.
>
+1. Let's call that UUID "instance ID".
-- Stefan^2.
