Russell Yanofsky wrote:
> I haven't really been following this discussion, but why couldn't you
> just use url query syntax for this, ie:
>
> http://host/repos/folder/file?rev=323
>
> That way there's no ambiguity, no naming restrictions, and no new
> rules for escaping.
I just read Greg Stein's post at
http://www.contactor.se/~dast/svn/archive-2003-06/0024.shtml which rejects
this form because according to an RFC, putting different query values after
the same base URL is supposed to imply that the URLs refer to a single
resource. With the rev= syntax, this would be a false implication because
different revisions are actually different resources.
I understand this objection, but I don't think it justifies using a
different convention that will cause more practical problems. Besides, this
RFC guideline is already ignored by all the websites that use urls like
mypage.php?contents=about
mypage.php?contents=download
...
so I doubt using a query string would cause subversion users any
consternation for this reason.
- Russ
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Received on Tue Aug 5 19:47:06 2003