Re: PROPOSAL: URL-syntax

At 8:06 AM +0300 8/6/03, Kalle Olavi Niemitalo wrote:
>Erik Hülsmann <e.huelsmann@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> http://subversion.kon.iki.fi/;109/nimiavaruus
>>
>> Would that not be acceptable?
>
>Well, yes it would, provided that I could use %3b109 to refer to
>a directory named ";109".

Is the idea that this URL would be parsed by the
client, and turned into a "regular" URL plus some
protocol indication of the revision of interest
-- basically, rewritten by the client into
        -r 109 http://subversion.kon.iki.fi/nimiavaruus

Or is it the idea that the URL would pass to the
server side just as shown at top?

If the URL is parsed, then it doesn't help
generic clients (e.g., web browsers).

If the URL is passed, then we create
complications at the URL rewrite level, don't we?
I'm not very smart about httpd configurations,
but it seems tricky to write a rewrite rule that
will handle arbitrary, optional stuff at this
point.

If, on the other hand, we put the revision marker
just inside the repository (regardless of how
deep that is into the URL), then we guarantee it
reaches actual Subversion code, which can handle
it consistently for all clients.

I think. Don't we?

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