svn commit: r1063420 - /subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html

[da...@apache.org]

Author: danielsh
Date: Tue Jan 25 19:39:37 2011
New Revision: 1063420

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1063420&view=rev
Log:
* /site/publish/docs/releases/1.7.html
  (svnrdump, atomic-revprops): Update to clarify the status of the #3546 hook
     script, and tweak wording while I'm here.

Modified:
    subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html

Modified: subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html?rev=1063420&r1=1063419&r2=1063420&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.7.html Tue Jan 25 19:39:37 2011
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ old protocol when connecting to a Subver
 <p>Subversion 1.7 adds a new tool to the client's toolbox:
 <code>svnrdump</code>.  <code>svnrdump</code> replicates the functionality of
 <code>svnadmin dump</code> and <code>svnadmin load</code>, but works on
-remote repositories, instead of needing administrator access to the source or
-target repository.</p>
+remote repositories, instead of needing administrator (local filesystem) access
+to the source or target repository.</p>
 
 <p>Note that <code>svnrdump load</code> can suffer from a race condition
 in its locking algorithm when run against a 1.6 or earlier server.
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ This is the same problem that the new <a
 >atomic revprop changes feature</a> fixes for
 <code>svnsync</code> (see <a
 href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3546"
- >issue #3546</a>).</p>
+ >issue #3546</a>), and the same <a href="#atomic-revprops">server-side
+workaround</a> is available.</p>
 
 </div>  <!-- svnrdump -->
 
@@ -659,7 +660,12 @@ a more useful error message on temporary
 This fixes a known race condition in the locking algorithm used by
 <code>svnsync</code> (see <a
 href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3546"
- >issue #3546</a>).</p>
+ >issue #3546</a>).  It is possible to fix the svnsync race condition
+even for pre-1.7 svnsync clients by installing the pre-revprop-change hook
+script given in
+<a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3546#desc12"
+ >comment 12 of issue #3546</a>.  (The hook script requires a 1.7 or better
+<em>server</em> for correctness.)</p>
 
 </div>  <!-- atomic-revprops -->