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Re: Details for svn test repository
- From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- To: Paul Schlie <schlie at comcast dot net>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:05:59 -0500
- Subject: Re: Details for svn test repository
- References: <BE319172.902D%schlie@comcast.net>
On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 22:32 -0500, Paul Schlie wrote:
> Out of curiosity, although svn certainly seems attractive, are there any
> concerns observing that:
>
> - ironically it seems that the svn isn't itself under svn control but cvs?
What?
It's been under subversion control pretty much since day 1.
Whatever gave you this idea?
> Has svn ever been relied upon for a significant open source project?
Yes, Mono, all of the apache projects, SpamAssassin, etc.
>
> - there doesn't seem to be an analogous svn web-based viewer?
There are many. The one that most people use as a cvs viewer, viewcvs,
supports svn already.
There is also websvn, chora, and a number of other svn repository
viewers.
This is not hard info to find, to be honest,
http://subversion.tigris.org/project_links.html
Under "repository browsing tools", lists the major ones.
> Is one
> planned to be available in the timeframe being considered for gcc use?
Uh, if it wasn't, and they weren't already mature, we wouldn't be having
this discussion.
>
> - would the intend be to pull the entire unified tree (i.e. binutils, etc.)
> under svn?
Not right now.
> If not, might that create some potential complications?
No more complications than currently exists.
>
> - is the svn client sw known to be cleanly build-able, reasonably robust.
> and secure on all likely significant client platforms?
Yes.