RE: Re: svn 1.5 merge -c revision and svn diff/log confusion

[Karol Szkudlarek <ka...@mikronika.com.pl>]

> Karol Szkudlarek wrote:
>  > Maybe developers of subversion should write
>  > that 1.5.x is not recommended for using in
>  > a production system.
> 
> If you're looking for perfect software, you'll have to write it yourself. The 
> spuriously generated mergeinfo is a minor little bug that you can easily work 
> around. Your data is safe, nothing crashes, nothing hangs.
> 
> I'm not even sure it is a bug at all. It may be something dummies like us do 
> wrong. Like commit, forget to update, merge. Or resolve a conflict in some 
> unintended way. But at least one other list member has mentioned it's a bug. 
> And it never happens in the production environment I work in since svn 1.6.

Ok, you right, but:

1) As we see on mailing lists this little bug/or feature is seems be surprise for
<1.5 svn users. And in release notes or known
issues are nothing to about it.

2) I insist to svn developers, please give users (not matter dummies or power users) clear information (for example in FAQ Subversion) what I should expect after using the same commands with new toys like >=1.5 and svn merge.

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