Julian Foad <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> writes:
> kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> > von Löwis Martin <Martin.vonLoewis@hpi.uni-potsdam.de> writes:
> >
> >>I wouldn't mind if Subversion refused to even put the file on
> >> my disk. I mind it saying that I changed the repository when I
> >> really
> >>didn't. Why is that so hard to understand?
> > It's not hard to understand. Everyone here understands, they're just
> > saying that the work required to fix this in Subversion is too great,
>
> Well, to be fair to Martin, nearly everyone's reply so far has taken
> the hard-line attitude "This is a Windows problem; it's not
> Subversion's job to work around Windows problems." Some of these
> people unfairly implied that Subversion cannot or will not work around
> the problem.
>
> Martin, only a few developers here are interested in making Subversion
> work well on Windows, though the project team as a whole wants it to
> be usable. Most of the people who replied are exasperated that yet
> another aspect of Windows' behaviour is causing problems. Certainly,
> to some degree, Windows users have to take care to avoid Windows'
> limitations, but in this case I can see that you have a valid argument
> that Subversion should try to do better by working around the problem.
>
> You might be lucky in getting someone here to work on the problem, but
> you might not. You might want to see if you know somebody who could
> work on this for you. Remember, it's an open-source project which
> means that development is done by whoever wants to do it. Since you
> seem to be the first person to report this problem, the person most
> interested might be you.
>
> If you or someone you know does want to work on this, we will
> certainly be glad to help, by discussing designs, reviewing code, and
> so on.
Thank you, Julian, for saying more constructively what I meant to say.
-Karl
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Received on Mon Feb 6 19:54:52 2006