Re: integrating Subversion with a build tool?

Hi Steven,

> Umm... I understand *how* Subversion works. The problem is trying to
> make Subversion checkouts work with an already well-established model
> for the interaction of build tools and (other) source code management
> system. Just saying, "There is no need," ignores certain tough end
> cases that I, as a build tool designer, must think through and figure
> out how to handle so that, at a minimum, the tool doesn't cause any
> damage.

I think it would be better if you explain how VC tool interaction is supposed
to work in SCons. For example, I can't imagine how per-file checkout can
be specified/used.

I can easily imagine the build tool integration on project level (i.e. when
building Subversion, APR and APR-utils are fetched automatically). OTOH,
there's 'svn:externals' mechanism which is *very* good for such kind of thing.
It allows, when checking out a project, to grab other projects it requires.

So, can you outline primary use cases which are needed, or point to some
SCons docs which describe it.

- Volodya

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Received on Mon Mar 24 10:13:03 2003