Implementing an infomration centric subversion client

[Lars Brown <lb...@kth.se>]

 Hello friends!

We are currently carrying out are thesis work at the Swedish Institute 
of Computer Science.

Our project goal is to implement information centric network approaches 
in a information centric subversion client. (www.netinf.org , www.ccnx.org)

This means that we are going to rewrite the subversion client and 
server. We are thinking of modifying the svn transfer protocol a bit. 
And doing some other adjustments to make the things work.

If this seems interesting to you and if you think you might be able to 
help us understand the subversion code and help us find the "gaps" to 
fill in, please feel welcome to reply to this message!
At the moment we are not that in the clear really what to do, but we are 
getting there! :)

Best regards
     Lars Brown & Erik Axelsson

Re: Implementing an infomration centric subversion client

[Chris Albertson <al...@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Lars Brown <lb...@kth.se> wrote:

>... thinking of modifying the svn transfer protocol a bit.

Just one request, if you modify the protocol so that it no longer
works with existing SVN clients or servers please make up some new
name (that does not contain "svn") so as not to confuse users.



-- 
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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California

Re: Implementing an infomration centric subversion client

[Daniel Shahaf <d....@daniel.shahaf.name>]

Lars Brown wrote on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 19:18:54 +0200:
> Our project goal is to implement information centric network approaches  
> in a information centric subversion client. (www.netinf.org , 
> www.ccnx.org)
>
> This means that we are going to rewrite the subversion client and  
> server. We are thinking of modifying the svn transfer protocol a bit.  
> And doing some other adjustments to make the things work.
>

How did you get from A (the stated goal) to B (the conclusion that you
have to rewrite the protocol)?

Daniel
(p.s. In my other life I'm a cryptography student, so feel free to ping
me off-list if that becomes relevant)