Re: WinXP Env - successfully using repos WITHOUT SVNServe.EXE running. OK to do?

On Jul 11, 2008, at 00:44, Kevin Grover wrote:

> There are also issues with server/client compatibility: when you
> use the file:// protocol, each users client is acting as a server
> (it directly reads and writes the repository files.) This is
> actually very quick. However, if you upgrade to a newer svn
> client, your writing to the repo may silently upgrade it. Then,
> anyone use an older client could not access it. However, if you
> use svn:// or http:// then different vesions of clients have no
> problem accessing the server (and there are no silent upgrade issues).

The documentation says working copies auto-upgrade themselves, but
repositories don't:

http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.4_releasenotes.html

"if a Subversion 1.4 client encounters a pre-1.4 working copy, it
will *automatically* upgrade the working copy format as soon as it
touches it, making it unreadable by older Subversion clients. [...]
This "auto upgrade" feature, however, does *not* occur with the new
repository format."

http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html

"if a Subversion 1.5 client encounters a pre-1.5 working copy, it
will *automatically* upgrade the working copy format as soon as it
touches it, making it unreadable by older Subversion clients. [...]
The Subversion 1.5 server works with 1.4 and older repositories, and
it will *not* upgrade such repositories to 1.5 unless specifically
requested to via the svnadmin upgrade command."

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Received on 2008-07-11 09:18:40 CEST