On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:44:38AM -0600, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> I'd like to get the language bindings out of the core Subversion tree
> and into their own project.
>
> Right now, the bindings face an impossible task: they're supposed to
> keep up with all API changes, and yet always be ready for release at
> the same time as the rest of Subversion. The results have been
> predictable: the bindings cause us release headaches every time,
> because there's never enough time to test them thoroughly. Anyone
> involved in releases lately can testify to pain. And it's not the
> fault of the bindings maintainers, who do a fine job under the
> circumstances. It's simply because we insist on treating the bindings
> as "part of Subversion", instead of like any other third-party project
> that needs to keep up with Subversion's APIs.
>
> My proposal is that they simply become an independent project. They
> would release their own tarballs, 'subversion-bindings-X.Y.Z.gz',
> where 'X.Y.Z' always matches the release of Subversion that those
> bindings are compatible for. They would have their own bug tracker;
> whether they have their own mailing lists or share svn's is up for
> grabs (I'm neutral on it). The most important thing, though, is that
> their release schedule would be totally up to them. A new bindings
> release for X.Y.Z would come out some time after the corresponding
> Subversion release. Whether that's one day, or a week, or a month,
> would depend totally on how quickly the bindings maintainers get them
> up-to-date and tested. Users who absolutely depend on bindings would
> simply not upgrade their Subversion until the relevant bindings
> release is ready. (Maybe the bindings tarball would unpack "into" the
> same subversion tree, creating a bindings/ subdir, or maybe it would
> work some other way -- that's an implementation detail.)
>
> I think life will be *much* easier for both core Subversion developers
> and bindings developers if we do this.
>
> Any objections?
In favor of the idea. But there's lots to figure out as far as
implementation.
--
Ben Reser <ben@reser.org>
http://ben.reser.org
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us somebody may be looking."
- H.L. Mencken
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