> Magnus Naeslund(k) wrote:
> Well I'm not sure, but I like to verify that dump/restore works when I
> upgrade to another svn version.
> Maybe you see that as silly, but I'm glad I tried it, as I found an actual
> problem (whatever reason for it).
>
> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> > (Do you use 'svnadmin dump' as a backup? That's awfully slow. You
> > might just want to copy the repository.)
>
> Yes I use that format because I thought it was the most flexible format.
> This might not be optimal as our repository grows, but I'll examine that
> later.
I recommended and have been using subversion @ work for 18 months now and
I'm quite pleased with it. You guys have done a great job with it. We
moved from Visual SourceSafe that occasionally went corrupt and found that
to be unacceptable.
I watch this thread mostly for upcoming features and to monitor the
direction of the project. I'm by no means a developer that could contribute
to this project, but when coming across this thread it's a little unnerving
the lack of attention this issue is receiving especially since it concerns a
dump that should be completely portable across different versions
subversion.
I too backup using a dump of the repository. So upon hearing of the
potential problem with upgrading a repository using a dump/load cycle, I've
attempted to do the same here and to my relief everything worked out great.
But I wish there would be some kind of consensus as to what the problem
might be instead of suggestion different backup alternatives like
hot-copying the repository or the like.
If it's merely an upgrade issue with loading the dump file from one version
of subversion to the next, I can deal with that; but if there's a bug in how
data is written to the dump file... I find that to be much more serious and
am willing to change backup strategies...
filipe
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Received on Wed Aug 23 19:41:17 2006