Re: Problems with the documentation of Subversion dump format

On Dec 13, 2011 2:14 AM, "Eric S. Raymond" <esr_at_thyrsus.com> wrote:
>
> I have just finished writing a full parser for Subversion dumpfiles.
> The next release of reposurgeon will have the ability to read them
> directly, though not to write them.
>
> In the process, I've looked very closely at the file
>
>
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt
>
> and discovered a number of problems with it. I have commit
> privileges on the Subversion repo; I was given them in connection
> with svncutter. I'm willing to fix up that file, but want to check
> that I wouldn't be stepping on any toes by doing so.

Process-wise, to commit to areas outside of svncutter, just post the patch
to the dev list, and when you get at least one +1 from a full committer,
then you can go ahead with your commit of that patch.

Thanks for the detailed review!

Cheers,
-g
Received on 2011-12-13 19:02:24 CET