Older versions through http-repository browsing

Hi folks!

The documentation
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch06s04.html#svn-ch-6-sect-4.5.1)
states very clearly, that browsing is limited to the latest release of the
repository. The only explanation for this impossibility is that this is an
issue of WebDAV/DeltaV and can't be solved with mod_dav_svn, only if the
browser knows how to handle PROPFIND requests and such.

What unit in the chain

User
->Browser
->apache
->mod_dav
->mod_dav_svn
->database

does not allow a "simple" revision number selection, for example by
appending ?r=<rel>" to the URL?

So instead of:

        http://server/repos/trunk/file

use

        http://server/repos/trunk/file?r=105

or maybe (worse than the former because the URI does not match the repos):

        http://server/revisioned-repos/105/trunk/file

Why is it possible to browse the 'latest' release without PROPFIND, but
selecting a revision cannot be done by 'masquerading' (escaping) the
request for higher layers not allowing such a construct directly?

Or is it just for the purpose of making Apps like ViewCVS or WebSVN sell
at all? ;-)

- Matthias

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Received on Fri Mar 4 14:40:02 2005