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Re: rfc for proposal on solving issue #443

From: Madan US <madan_at_collab.net>
Date: 2005-05-05 15:56:20 CEST

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 18:35, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> On May 5, 2005, at 5:57 AM, Madan US wrote:
>
> D: is the DAV: xml namespace, you're not allowed to invent new DAV:
> elements. :-)
Cool... I didnt realize that! thanks.
>
> But we *can* invent new S:elements.
I will do that

> So the only trickiness here is dealing with the protocol compatibility
> issues. Obviously, we can make a 1.3 client notice the new element if
> the server is new enough to send it.
> But if we add a new svn: element
> to the MERGE response, will older clients get upset and choke on it? I
> would try testing a 1.0 and 1.1 client against this idea.\
IMHO, XML would take care of that X = eXtensible... so extra elements
should not choke the existing applications ( in this case - svn client )
>
>
> And Branko is right: hooks are always run synchronously; that's why
> we so often recommend to users that their post-commit hook run "command
> &" on unix or "start command" on windows.

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