Hmm, we need more tests and data points, I will try on Linux command line later on.
On 28 Oct 2014, at 09:54, phil@highoctane.be wrote:
ls -l ~jenkins/jobs/BaseWorker/workspace/*.changes
-rw-r--r-- 1 jenkins jenkins 244869 Oct 25 09:30 /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/BaseWorker/workspace/Pharo.changes
becoming
-rw-r--r-- 1 jenkins jenkins 265779 Oct 25 09:30 /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/BaseWorker/workspace/X-Builder.changes
becoming (couple packages like Seaside & friends)
-rw-r--r-- 1 jenkins jenkins 30127371 Oct 26 10:11 /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/BaseWorker/workspace/X-BaseWorker.changes
becoming (user code and customized packages)
-rw-r--r-- 1 jenkins jenkins 31774426 Oct 26 10:12 /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/BaseWorker/workspace/X-frontend.changes
Condensing that takes quite a while... I see a "Swapping source pointers" progress bar on the top left. Looks like there are a lot of "become:" going on.
[ PharoChangesCondenser condense ] timeToRun 0:00:45:12.88 - in a VM under VMWare, i7 3.85Ghz host.
-rw-rw-r-- 1 philippeback philippeback 30008723 Oct 28 09:52 X-frontend-20141028_0848-tocondense-work-condensed.changes
Not that much growth on the changes file.
Working image has
-rw-rw-r-- 1 philippeback philippeback 85099190 Oct 28 08:48 X-frontend-20141028_0848-tocondense.changes
So, nice reduction and not growing.
Phil
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