--- wikisrc/gitsofar.mdwn	2015/02/01 02:32:12	1.3
+++ wikisrc/gitsofar.mdwn	2015/02/16 01:44:18	1.4
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ git is slow during 'status' by default s
 change.  It will produce a warning with tunable options if the command runs
 slowly.
 
+** Update
+After some complaining on the git@ mailing list a patch has been produced which
+drops the memory requirements down quite a bit.  I can now, without much tuning,
+work on my 512 system.  I'm pretty sure a 256 + swap without any special tuning
+would also work.
+
 ### CVS in parallel
 
 I do not think this is a good idea and do not plan to advocate for it.
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ for a friendly developer to add as an or
 
 ### log message formats
 
-Try to references named branches instead of sha-1's
+Try to references named branches/tags instead of sha-1's
 Also using the dates for commits instead of commit id's
 
 ### how to convert
@@ -89,8 +95,22 @@ Don't do anything weird like change hist
 Maybe when we have 30 years of project history it will be time to consider
 restructuring the project.  :)
 
+---
+
+I think this is less a function of the tool and more a function of the project not
+allowing non-"standard" actions.
+
 ### Who, When, and How Long?
 
 * ESR/Joerg - convert
 * sometime, eventually, maybe
-* unknown
+* assumptions/proposal:
+
+Assuming conversion starting from date(x) to freeze(y) is relatively easy, the
+refinements of Joerg/ESR conversion can continue to run in read-only mode as they
+do today.  This means the "switch" is a few hours only for:
+
+** cvs goes read only
+** history from last git conversion pull until now is appended
+** cvs is turned off
+** git is made available over ssh