[darcs-users] coping with latency?

[Nathan Gray]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 04:12:50PM -0800, Conal Elliott wrote:
> Is darcs known to be difficult over a high-latency internet connection?  I
> have satellite-based internet and so a considerable ping (1-2 seconds
> typically).  Pushes & pulls are terribly slow (often several minutes).  I
> wonder if there are helpful coping strategies (other than leaving darcs).
> 
> I am running darcs 2.1.0 (release) locally.  One server I use has 2.1.0
> installed, while another (code.haskell.org) has 2.0.2.
> 
> To get a sense of how many times I'm making new connections, I renamed by
> ~/.ssh.  When I try a push, I get prompted for my password over & over &
> over.

I noticed that the other day, too.  I think the idea with
multiple ssh connections was to make pushes and pulls faster, but
on flaky networks, using a single connection is likely faster.

I would not mind having an option to specify that I only want to
use one ssh connection.

-kolibrie

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