On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 03:04, Tobias Rapp<t.rapp_at_noa-audio.com> wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> I believe the delete readonly=yes setting is a temporary workaround
>> for a bug in SAMBA. In later SAMBA versions it probably isn't needed.
>
> Does anybody know which samba version has this bug fixed? I had a look at the FAQ (http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/faq.html#samba) but also no versions are mentioned there.
>
> In my case I have tried both workarounds mentioned in the FAQ without success. Sometimes in my case it helps to remove the read-only property recursively on the base folder of the working copy followed by a SVN clean-up. Most of the time this also doesn't work and I have to do an in-place export and a fresh checkout then.
>
>> The behaviour of the subversion library changed in 1.5. Something
>> along the lines of simplifying the code to use standard file access
>> APIs and less kludges.
>
> Another example of developers rating code beauty over user experience :-(
This isn't about "code beauty." Kludges are bad. Using standard APIs
is good. Overall, it's a net gain because things are now being done
properly, even if that means exposing bugs in other software. At the
end of the day, everyone benefits.
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Received on 2009-06-17 14:44:25 CEST