-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Karish [mailto:karish at well.com] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:53 AM To: perforce-user at perforce.com Subject: Re: [p4] Triggers

---->> I don't think that "let them buy faster hardware" would solve this problem. These days that usually means adding more memory and more processors, which don't help at all when the problem is contention for a lock. ----<<

Nonsense. Faster processing means lock hold times are reduced which results in greater throughput. It absolutely makes a huge difference.

---->> I also take exception to the idea that performance is a luxury. Engineers do things routinely with a fast change control system that they wouldn't even try with slow one. Providing a responsive server gives my developers the ability to understand ongoing changes more fully and to build better products. ----<<

Nobody says performance doesn't matter. What we are saying is some of us are willing to trade a little performance for more functionality and we'd like a way to do that. Of course, *you* don't have to make the trade. But it would be nice if people who needed it could do it.

So I don't follow your objection at all. If not installing a trigger doesn't impact performance, but installing one is possible - what have you lost?