Comment 5 for bug 269125

I use bzr, but don't maintain it. You are sending these messages to me
in error.

Best,
Chris
On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Martin Pool wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 109114 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109114
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 109114
> [master] bzr holds whole files in memory; raises MemoryError on
> large files
>
> --
> OverflowError while commiting large binary file
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269125
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 109114).
>
> Status in Bazaar Version Control System: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> During my evaluation of different (D)VCS systems I tried to commit a
> large (549MB) Image (BMP format) into bazaar. But after executing
> "bzr ci" I got an error telling me: OverflowError: line is longer
> than a Python string can hold.
> The Image was an empty 16000x12000 Image created with Gimp and saved
> as BMP.
>
> I installed bzr on Mac OS X Leopard using MacPorts.
>
> I attached the corresponding backtrace.