Scripts in binary packages (was Re: hot-backup.py for windows?)

Schmitt, Michael wrote:

> IMHO we should only describe features in the SVN book that are actually
> part of the binary distributions. Is there are any reason why
> hot-backup.py is missing? Why should we conceal it from the people?

I think this is part of a more general problem: the Subversion Project
releases source tarballs to the world, whereas binary packages are
created by random volunteers for different systems.

The Subversion source tree has a whole lot of useful scripts in the
tools/ and contrib/ area (many of which are described in the book), but
my impression is that almost every binary packager tends to ignore these
scripts. This is definitely not the first time someone has come onto
the dev@ or users@ list and said, "hey, where's hot-backup.py, or
svn_load_dirs.pl, or svnperms.py, or mailer.py?"...

I'm not sure what a good solution would be. Perhaps education of binary
packagers? Maybe we can write up a "guidelines" sheet that lists all
the things a good binary package ought to contain?

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Received on Tue Mar 23 14:53:54 2004