You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by Alexander Mueller <Al...@littleblue.de> on 2002/10/23 16:10:06 UTC
Re: [Issue 944] New - Adjust future RPM packages to save former svnadmin
binaries
issues@subversion.tigris.org wrote:
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=944
>
> *** Old
> --- New
> ***************
> *** 0 ****
> --- 1,45 ----
> + +============================================================================+
> + | Adjust future RPM packages to save former svnadmin binaries |
> + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> + | Issue #: 944 Component: subversion |
> + | Status: NEW Version: current |
> + | Resolution: Platform: All |
> + | Issue type: ENHANCEMENT OS/Version: All |
> + | Priority: P4 Subcomponent: install |
> + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> + | Assigned To: david_subversion |
> + | Reported By: sharrison |
> + | QA Contact: issues@subversion |
> + | CC list: Cc: |
> + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> + | Milestone: TargetMilestone: --- |
> + | URL: |
> + +============================================================================+
> + | DESCRIPTION |
> + FOR RPM PACKAGES....
> +
> + Since the subversion database format is likely to evolve, it would be
> + helpful
> + if RPM packages did not overwrite the old svnadmin binaries (which are
> + the
> + only reliable way to salvage old format svn repositories).
> +
> + Could the old subversion svnadmin binaries be saved (by the RPM
> + packager)
> + as svnadmin.rpmsave, or better yet, svnadmin.format0_VERSIONNUMBER?
> +
> + Conventionally, this issue may seem unimportant... we all work with
> + only
> + one or two svn repositories... right?
> +
> + Unconventionally, I am already using svn to administer version
> + tracking for
> + a quickly growing base of users (on a quickly growing base of
> + machines...of
> + different versions and installations).
> +
> + Regardless of priority, I think this would be a widely convenient
> + enhancement
> + for many people. (It makes it a little more of a vanilla-experience
> + as opposed
> + to a mind-expansion experience.)
> \ No newline at end of file
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: issues-help@subversion.tigris.org
>
>
>
What about the svnadmin always being shipped as
svnadmin.format0_VERSIONNUMBER with svnadmin as a symlink on this?
Xela
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@subversion.tigris.org