"David Glasser" <glasser_at_davidglasser.net> writes:
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no> wrote:
>
>> - Like it or not, svn:charset is already in use; formalizing it is the
>> path of least resistance (though I understand your annoyance at the
>> encroachment on what I understand is a reserved namespace)
>
> I don't think that the Subversion project needs to negotiate with
> hostage-takers.
Heh :-).
But, as much as I enjoyed David's comment, the OP's sentiment is right:
however we got here, here is where we are. (Besides, he wasn't
proposing negotiation.)
The right thing to do from this point forward is "whatever's best for
users". That implies identifying the advantages/disadvantages of
svn:charset vs the svn:mime-type way. If we determine there the balance
of advantages makes svn:charset desirable, then we need to specify
precisely what effects svn:charset will have; how svn:charset will
interact with legacy charset data appended to svn:mime-type; and
research all current users of svn:charset to determine whether they're
using the property consistently themselves (and if not, figure out what
to do about it).
I've re-read through this thread, and I don't think the above has really
been done yet. (The only mail that even comes close is
http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2008-06/0948.shtml.) I don't personally
have the time to do this research; it's a non-trivial task, though
certainly feasible.
I understand that this is a high hurdle, and that I'm sort of putting
"stop energy" on the momentum here. That's not really my goal. I just
think Subversion shouldn't adopt a new svn: property without having a
really good reason. We've done maybe 50% of the thinking we need to do
for this particular one. I'm merely proposing we not implement it until
we've done that other 50% (which means someone has to supply it).
-Karl
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Received on 2008-07-08 17:59:16 CEST