[Xapian-discuss] Why are changesets so large?

[Ryan Cross]

Hello,

I am running xapian-core 1.2.12.  I have just begun experimenting with replication and noticed that the change set files being created are quite large.  For example, updating the index with a small document, ~50 terms, results in an 11MB change set file. Is this correct?  What is in these files?  The total index size is 34GB. 

Thanks,
Ryan