On 2004-09-20 14:18-0400, Mark Phippard wrote:
>
> How about attempting to explain what is meant by a "wedged" repository? My
> assumption has always been that the term "wedged" is something specific
> for BDB, although maybe it is a common term in the Unix world and people
> just know what it means? It wasn't until I had read many messages on the
> mailing list that I started to understand what is meant by it, although I
> still do not think I could explain it.
Well, I would try.
wedged repository, n: A Subversion repository consists of two
different internal parts, a working compartment and a storage
compartment. A wedged repository is a repository where the
working compartment is unaccessible for some reason, but the
storage compartment is intact. Therefore wedged repository has
not suffered any loss of data, but the working compartment has
to be corrected before you could access the repository. ref:
corrupted repository.
corrupted repository, n: (See wedged repository for backround) A
corrupted repository is a Subversion repository, where the
storage compartment has been damaged, and therefore there are
some degree of loss of data in the repository.
About rest of your comments, I could try to incorporate them, after we
have found some agreement what a wedeged repository means. =)
(I think Ben Collins-Sussman is the main suspect for inventing
a term 'wedged repository'?)
BR, Jani
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Jani Averbach
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