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Re: Proposal: Remove svn_test.h from subversion/include/

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2005-04-11 18:39:07 CEST

kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Julian Foad <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> writes:
>> Max Bowsher wrote:
>>> I think we should remove svn_test.h from subversion/include/.
>>> This is a file containing defines which are used strictly by our own
>>> testsuite.
>>> OK?
>>
>> Yes, indeed. It presumably should go in subversion/tests/ and
>> probably that directory will need to be mentioned as an extra include
>> dir in the tests part of the build system.
>
> I want it to go away too, but isn't removing a public .h file (even
> one that we wish no one has been using) against our 1.x compatibility
> guidelines? I would think the most we can do is deprecate the stuff
> inside it.

It's a judgement call, of course, but my opinion is that this file was never
really public, since there is _no way_ anyone could have used this file,
without digging into files beneath subversion/tests/, which are distinctly
not public. We _never_ installed any code that used those interfaces.

Max.

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