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Re: locking a file renders repos unusable with older clients

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2005-03-28 19:44:49 CEST

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> On Mar 26, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Greg Hudson wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 09:26, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>>> Any program that links to libsvn_repos 1.2, and then opens a
>>> repository,
>>> will auto-upgrade the repository's 'format' file. This could be an
>>> svn
>>> 1.2 client using file:///, or it could be *any* version of mod_dav_svn
>>> or svnserve that just happens to link to the libsvn 1.2 libraries.
>>
>> Here's an idea I don't think anyone has come up with yet:
>>
>> Disable locking by default in 1.2. Turning on locking implies a format
>> bump.
>
> After another hour of discussion, cmpilato, fitz and I are in favor of
> this idea.
>
> What we'd like to see:
>
> * upgrading to 1.2 libraries doesn't make locking appear, doesn't
> affect existing repositories in any way. Attempts to use locking APIs
> against the repository result in unsupported-feature errors.
>
> * admin runs 'svnadmin upgrade', which:
>
> - bumps the repos format number (thus blocking older ra_local
> clients)
>
> - creates 4 new locking-related hook templates
>
> * subsequent attempts to use locking APIs against the repository are
> successful; the fs implementations notice that the the format number
> is "high enough", and therefore auto-create the new locking tables
> and/or dirs.

Do new repositories start out at format 3 or 4?

Why not do the table creation at "svnadmin upgrade" time?

Max.

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