On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 sussman@tigris.org wrote:
> Author: sussman
> Date: Thu Mar 24 00:08:44 2005
> New Revision: 13634
> * www/svn_1.2_releasenotes.html: new file, not yet finished.
>
> Added: trunk/www/svn_1.2_releasenotes.html
> Url: http://svn.collab.net/viewcvs/svn/trunk/www/svn_1.2_releasenotes.html?view=auto&rev=13634
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> +<p>Note that the 1.0.x line is no longer supported. This doesn't mean
> +that your 1.0 installation is doomed; if it works well and is all you
> +need, that's fine. By "no longer supported", we simply mean that bug
> +reports are no longer accepted on 1.0.x versions, nor will there be
> +any more 1.0.x releases.</p>
> +
Even for critical security bugs? If we have decided that, maybe it is time
to kill that branch? Else it might be good to add this exception to the
above.
> +<h3>Compatibility Concerns</h3>
> +
> +<p>Subversion's compatibility and version-numbering policy is
> + documented in the project's <a
> + href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/HACKING">HACKING</a>
> + file. Here's a quick summary:</p>
> +
> +<ul>
> +
> +<li><p><em>Database schema</em>: if upgrading to Subversion 1.2, there
> + is <strong>no need</strong> to dump and load your repository.
> + There will be no changes requiring dump/load before Subversion
> + 2.0.</p></li>
> +
But a repo created with 1.2 (or after using locking) can't be used with
an
older server (or client for ra_local).
> +<li><p><em>Client/server compatibility</em>: a 1.X client and 1.Y
> + server are always interoperable. However, the latest features
> + or bugfixes may not be available unless both client and server
> + are the latest version.</p></li>
> +
> +<li><p><em>API/ABI compatibility</em>: the 1.2 release only adds new
> + functions; thus a 1.0 or 1.1 program can both compile against
> + and use 1.2 libraries at run-time, but a 1.2 program cannot
> + use 1.0 or 1.1 libraries.</p></li>
> +
> +</ul>
> +
> +
> +<h3>New Features</h3>
> +
> +<h4>File Locking (<em>requires new client and server</em>)</h4>
> +
Maybe note that this is what other product calls "reserved checkouts".
(I could do it, but I like your English better >-)
//Peter
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