javahl on AIX: GOOD IDEA? HOW?

[Da...@cwb.ca]

My ignorance in issues like this is extreme, so I need advise.

The person on my project team experimenting with 'ant' and 'svnant' 
suggested to me that it would be good if I would install the Subversion 
unix 'api' (javahl?), since he gets warnings about the existing fallback 
method of 'command line' access.  So I went looking for info, but did not 
find a lot on this subject.

Is this really a big deal?  Should I be trying to compile the 'javahl' 
stuff on our AIX machine?  Or should I just be content with the 'command 
line' access to Subversion?

My attempts to go ahead and try to create 'javahl' on AIX have both 
failed, so I want to know if I should just give up.

Thanks

Dare