From 4d0b265fcb8e556cbf79634b7266ff1c1179555f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:29:55 +0300 Subject: Update NEWS about chunk indexes change --- NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 31154454..178ee271 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Version 1.20, not yet released backwards incompatible changes that mean existing repositories no longer work. Sorry, but that's what experimental means. +* A green-albatross change is that the "chunk index" data structure is + no longer a single blob, and instead it's broken down into smaller + objects. This avoids keeping all of the chunk indexes in memory at + once, which should reduce memory use. + * Remi Rampin started updating and continuing the French translation of the Obnam manual. -- cgit v1.2.1