Max Bowsher wrote:
> At the moment, svn 1.4 will automatically upgrade WCs when it first
> touches them, after which they become incompatible with svn 1.3.x and
> earlier.
[...]
> In any case, I've been annoyed to find that I've accidentally upgraded
> WCs I didn't want to, and so have a proposal:
>
> I would like to create a new configuration file setting,
> config.[miscellany].allow-wc-upgrade, which defaults to yes, preserving
> the status quo, but which someone who knows that they will be working
> with multiple client versions can set to false, which will cause new
> clients to exit with an error when accessing an old WC, rather than
> silently upgrading it.
>
> Acceptable?
I think that wouldn't solve the problem. Most people would only find out about
the config option after they had encountered the problem of being unable to use
their WC with a v1.3 client after a silent upgrade by a v1.4 client. Unless we
provide a "downgrade" operation, they would be stuck.
- Julian
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Received on Mon Apr 10 16:26:42 2006