compile with libserf to enable ra_serf for better HTTP/S performance
Bug #1090508 reported by
Casey Peel
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| subversion (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
subversion 1.7 supports the high-performance serf library which yields better HTTP/HTTPS performance than the neon library via a new http-library transport (ra_serf). subversion 1.8 will replace neon entirely in place of serf.
It would be great for the Ubuntu package to be compiled with libserf for users who want to use that transport. libserf packages exist for all supported Ubuntu versions, so this should not be a hurdle.
Even with serf support compiled in, it defaults to neon unless the ~/.subversion/
Revision history for this message
| James McCoy (jamessan) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in subversion (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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Subversion 1.8 was included in Trusty. Serf support was still experimental in Subversion 1.6, so it doesn't make sense to enable it there. All current Ubuntu releases therefore are either using serf or shouldn't be changed to use serf.