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Re: locking a file renders repos unusable with older clients

From: John Pybus <john_at_pybus.org>
Date: 2005-03-26 13:53:18 CET

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>
> On Mar 25, 2005, at 5:55 PM, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>
>> I don't understand how the need to run one single quick command can be
>> described as "hassle".
>
> It's a tough call, isn't it?
>
> Is it worse for 5 admins to have to dump & load when they decide to downgrade?
> Or is it worse for 10,000 admins to run 'svnadmin upgrade' to enable locks?

Maybe you underestimate how many people use file:// to access
repositories. I expect the vast majority won't be in scenarios where
locking is important, but I'm a little worried about the possibility of
one attempt to play with the feature leading to a major hassle. Perhaps
you could include a script/tool to downgrade the repository without a
dump and reload.

John

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