> -----Original Message-----
> From: kfogel@collab.net [mailto:kfogel@collab.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:13 AM
> To: Steve Dwire
> Cc: Han The Man; dev@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Success story: Subversion in heavy production
>
> "Steve Dwire" <sdwire@pcsigroup.com> writes:
>> I assume from your comment "Most of our programmers now use
TortoiseSVN
>> on the client" that you're working in a Windows environment?
>>
>> So, what's the process for getting the subversion.tigris.org FAQ page
>> changed? It still says "In practice, it's difficult to get the
>> Subversion repository running on non-Unix platforms; if you succeed,
>> we'd like to hear about it."
>
> Our FAQ should probably say that running a Subversion repository on
> Win98 is a problem, not on Windows in general.
>
> However, I'm puzzled as to how you deduced this from Han the Man's
> quote above -- the fact that Subversion clients are running on Windows
> says nothing about where the repository is located :-). Windows
> clients talking to a Unix server is a very common arrangement.
Of course, you're right. I've worked in too many environments that were
platform-exclusive (All Windows, All Unix, and even All Mac). I need to
get rid of those blinders :-)
>> When I asked earlier, the consensus was that this statement should be
>> removed from the FAQ. Even though the 0.26.0 Windows installer worked
>> for me, as long as the website makes that official statement,
Subversion
>> on Windows will be a hard sell to my people, no matter how many
success
>> stories we have.
>>
>> So, how do we get the ball rolling to change the FAQ? (Is the answer
>> hiding somewhere in HACKING?)
>
> Simple -- post a patch to www/project_faq.html. HACKING gives
> guidelines about submitting patches, yeah.
>
> Thanks,
> -Karl
Great. Just Great. I wanted to remain a lazy leech, just using the
selfless work others have done on subversion for my own personal
advantage. The problem is, as soon as I read HACKING and learn how to
submit a patch and begin by contributing something as tiny as a FAQ fix,
I'll be hooked, and I'll start to become a contributing member of
society. Next, I'm afraid I'll want to tackle a bite-sized task and help
fix bugs and develop the product. (You guys are so sneaky!!) :-)
("Sorry, Honey. Can you take care of that? I have to submit another svn
patch...")
S_E_D
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Received on Tue Sep 2 20:29:53 2003