Re: Convert huge repo from 1.3.0 to 1.4.5

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> Datum: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:54:17 -0400
> Von: "C. Michael Pilato" <cmpilato@collab.net>
> An: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@red-bean.com>
> CC: Stefan Gehrig <stefan.gehrig@gmx.ch>, dev@subversion.tigris.org
> Betreff: Re: Convert huge repo from 1.3.0 to 1.4.5

> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> > On 9/26/07, Stefan Gehrig <stefan.gehrig@gmx.ch> wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Question: Is there another way to convert a huge svn 1.3.0 repository
> to svn 1.4.5 than using 'svnadmin dump'? The problem is, that this takes too
> much time and the dump file is getting too large...
> >
> > You should direct questions like these to the
> > users@subversion.tigris.org list; this list is about the development
> > of subversion itself.
>
> That's correct.
>
> > But to answer your question: why do you need to 'convert' anything at
> > all? There has never been a subversion 1.x release that requires a
> > dump/load cycle, nor will there ever be one until we reach svn 2.0.
> > Read our compatibility rules on our release notes.
>
> This, too, is correct.
>
> Now, some folks *chose* to dump/load their repositories across the 1.4.0
> upgrade because of the improvements to the backend storage system (better
> compression == smaller disk footprint). You might decide to make the same
> choice. But note that you needn't use an intermediate dumpfile in this
> case. Simply install the new Subversion (1.4.5), and do the following:
>
> $ svnadmin create new-repos
> $ svnadmin dump old-repos | svnadmin load new-repos --force-uuid
>
> --
> C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net>
> CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Distributed Development On Demand
>

Exactly, Michael. We want to upgrade to also from Schema Version 3 to 5.
I read the about the solution you propose, but in our case, it would take ages to upgrade!
That's why I ask for another solution....

btw. sry for taking the wrong mailing list...

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