Re: Fwd: Subversion AppleDouble patch updated to 1.5.0

I'm the author of the AppleDouble patch, but wasn't subscribed the dev
list. Let me chime in with a few responses...

Karl Fogel <kfogel_at_red-bean.com> wrote:
> I think the current idea is that this problem will simply go away
> when the "next generation" working copy library is done (see https://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/wc-ng-design)
> . I don't have a timetable for that, so I realize this is small
> comfort.

The data is in a standardized and supported format, so it should be
forward compatible. It's also "optional", in that platforms which
don't recognize Mac resource forks won't be affected, nor will older
subversion releases.

> I took a look at the patch. There are a few stylistic nits ("if
> (1)" comes to mind :-) ), but they're no big deal.

Several of the stylistic issues mentioned (such as DARWIN instead of
SVN_HAVE_xxx) are side effects of trying to keep the patch as simple
as possible. Most of these can be resolved quickly.

> Because the patch is a bit hard to extract from the site, I'll
> insert it at the bottom of this mail, for others to review.

Some mailing lists frown on posting diffs, but I'm happy to do in the
future so if that's preferred to .tgz. Should I post them against the
1.5.1 source release?

Peter Samuelson <peter_at_p12n.org> wrote:
> With no license. Ummm. Lee Jones, you have a call on line 1. Lee
> Jones, line 1, please.

Per other responses, this header is verbatim from the RFC which notes
"Distribution is unlimited." Of course, we can write a clean interface
file if necessary.

I'll write up a patch against the 1.5.1 release with the recommended
changes shortly.

Matt Slot / Bitwise Operator / Ambrosia Software, Inc. -- http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/

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Received on 2008-08-11 07:47:10 CEST