RE: file:// -> svn://

> From: sussman@collab.net [mailto:sussman@collab.net]
> Sent: 31 July 2002 22:06

> "Sander Striker" <striker@apache.org> writes:
>
> > Drop the file:// support completely and just use http://. Or, simply
> > call ra_local a hack that allows you to access a repository on your
> > local filesystem.
>
> Don't make me kill you. :-)

*grin* I know killing ra_local is not an option, although it sounds
attractive...
 
> It's bad enough that it's such a pain to set up the Subversion
> server... (and yes, it will *always* be hurdle, no matter how great or
> smart future Apache RPMs become.) But there's no way we're going to
> force people into Apache as their only option. Think of the poor
> simple guy with nothing but a shell account who wants to version his
> stuff privately. If you kill ra_local, then Subversion will
> *definitely* be worse than cvs.

I liked it just like it was, before all the 'confusion' complaints
began trickling in.

An overloaded file:// wasn't bothering me one bit.
Introducing a scheme that requires more typing isn't something I am
looking forward to. Maybe the simple solutions are:

Register the svn: namespace
[which we should do anyway]

or

make the commandline take:

  file://path/to/repos /path/in/repos

The second option is yucky too, since it doesn't fit our needs at all.

Sander

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Received on Wed Jul 31 22:15:59 2002