My vote is to go with the new behaviour only. More options usually means more pain - albeit after getting though any transition troubles.
I am biased in this. The old method seemed brittle. However I haven't yet tested your new code. Hopefully I'll get a chance to do that next week some time. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Andy Bradford <amb-fos...@bradfords.org>wrote: > Thus said Rene on Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:31:48 +0200: > > > I would prefer to not have that option. test-http is for testing a new > > transport method. If you give someone read acces to your ssh repo then > > test-http circumvents that. In fact test-htp makes you while connected > > setup user > > I agree with you on this sentiment. Does this also mean, however, that > you would prefer to remove the original clone behavior entirely? > > Right now, the original behavior is preserved by default: > > fossil clone ssh://amb@remote//tmp/test.fossil test.fossil > > Will invoke a remote shell via SSH, go through the echo/reply probes, > and then finally launch ``fossil test-http /tmp/test.fossil''. > > Should this option be removed entirely? Should it be changed instead to > go through the same echo/reply probes, but then finally call ``fossil > http /tmp/test.fossil'' instead? Or should the default behavior be > replaced with simply issuing a remote ``fossil http /tmp/test.fossil'' > as I now do using the -h http option? > > My vote would be to remove the original behavior, and replace it with > simply running a remote ``fossil http /tmp/test.fossil'' and not worry > about shell issues. But, that does introduce one difference in behavior > on clones---because the ``fossil http'' command outputs a > > Connection: close > > header in the response, each interaction during the clone will invoke a > new SSH command. This isn't necessarily a problem for people who are > using SSH keys, but you will be prompted for a password each time if you > aren't using a key. This may not be so bad, however, because I believe > autosync already behaves this way, so really, it's only the cloning > operation that would change in behavior. > > Perhaps a poll is in order. > > Thanks for the feedback. > > Andy > -- > TAI64 timestamp: 4000000051df44b5 > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > -- Matt -=- 90% of the nations wealth is held by 2% of the people. Bummer to be in the majority...
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