Re: Can I use CRoaring library in Git?

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On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 7:50 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
<avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As a replacement for git's own bitmap implementation?

Yeah,it can replace EWAH bitmaps if it gives better performance.

> Another possibility is to get the library to dual-license itself,
> running "git shortlog -sn" on it it seems it's mainly written by one
> contributor, with a relatively short tail of others, perhaps they'd be
> willing to dual-license at the prospect of having git use it?

Kaartic suggested the same and it seems better than the previous one.

As a side note, the current EWAH implementation is also relicensed[1]
to make it compatible with Git. As these two are mainly written by the
same person, I think he will help us this time also.

Thanks!

[1]  https://github.blog/2015-09-22-counting-objects/#footnote-1




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