upcoming MaxSVN Subversion distribution (for review)

[Stefan <lu...@gmx.de>]

Hi,

as mentioned on IRC already a few weeks ago, I'm about to release a 
Windows distribution of Subversion named 'MaxSVN'.
I'm looking here for feedback/concerns/requests/requirements from any of 
the Subversion developers for publishing this distribution. Especially 
with regards (but not limited) to the readme-file contained in the 
distribution and the introduction of the product on the webpage. Please 
note that none of your concerns/requests need to be seconded by any 
legal statement. Just name whatever you think should be 
added/removed/changed and I'll make sure it gets done.

I've put together a sample package of the distribution here:
http://www.luke1410.de/raw/maxsvn/maxsvn_1.10.0.1.zip (Win 64-bit 
binaries of the current trunk)
http://www.luke1410.de/raw/maxsvn/maxsvn_1.10.0.1_symbols.zip 
(corresponding symbol files)
http://www.luke1410.de/raw/maxsvn/readme.txt (the readme.txt-file as it 
is contained in maxsvn_1.10.0.1.zip)

Also the product overview page is set-up with the current draft for your 
review: http://www.luke1410.de/typo3/index.php?id=97

A word on MaxSVN:
It's purpose and aim is significantly different from usual distributions 
out there and while originally it was just done for my own purposes (as 
a sideeffect of building the svn-mergeinfo-normalizer tool), I hope that 
the distribution will end-up being useful for the Subversion project as 
well as for others out there.

That said, the main purpose of the distribution is:
- to provide others (mainly developers and early adopter enthusiasts) 
with the ready to use subversion command line tools
- use the distribution as a test-ground to test Subversion with the 
latest build tools and dependencies
- debugable versions (by providing symbol files alongside the releases)

It's important to understand that this distribution is not aiming for 
productive use.

The features of the distribution will be:
- using the latest dependencies
- built with the latest build tools
- based on the latest development branches before these are being put 
together in a real release

The main gain for the Subversion project I see lies in the automated 
build process which will test the latest development sources against the 
latest dependencies/build tools so that issues are being identified as 
soon as possible and won't make it (unnoticed) into real product releases.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Stefan

Re: upcoming MaxSVN Subversion distribution (for review)

[Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com>]

On 18.08.2015 02:02, Stefan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as mentioned on IRC already a few weeks ago, I'm about to release a
> Windows distribution of Subversion named 'MaxSVN'.
> I'm looking here for feedback/concerns/requests/requirements from any
> of the Subversion developers for publishing this distribution.
> Especially with regards (but not limited) to the readme-file contained
> in the distribution and the introduction of the product on the
> webpage. Please note that none of your concerns/requests need to be
> seconded by any legal statement. Just name whatever you think should
> be added/removed/changed and I'll make sure it gets done.


One minor nit: the readme.txt file on the site is in Windows CP1252, but
your HTTP server doesn't tell the browser that; my browser defaults to
UTF-8, so in stead of the ® symbols I just see �.

Also, the lines in that file are very long, which makes it sort of hard
to read.

-- Brane