> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Stein [mailto:gstein_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: dinsdag 16 september 2008 19:39
> To: dev_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Base text files, re: IRC chat
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Bert Huijben <bert_at_qqmail.nl> wrote:
> >...
> > It's just that none of these users use the CLI as primary client and
> getting
> > all GUIs to pass the same config directory setting is not very
> likely. If
> > they use --config dir they pass their own folder and not one shared
> with all
> > other clients.
>
> Interesting point. People using multiple, variant clients should be
> careful to put their options into the same config directory,
> preferably the default home location (rather than something a client
> has set up).
>
> >...
> > By the way, doesn't your recommendation break our c library API
> contract?
>
> No. The API is the contract, and will remain compatible per the
> guidelines.
The ABI will compatible, but the manuals of the existing applications would
need an update.
> > Someone linking to the 1.4/1.5 library doesn't expect us to store
> Gigabytes
> > of data in their roaming profile when they only access a working copy
> on a
> > network share.
>
> That is not part of the API contract.
>
> Regardless, I think for the element of "least surprise", we are going
> to need to use the "wc root" storage location as the default. I was
> hoping to make the home dir the default, but after this discussion it
> seems there are too many "gotchas" with managing your working copies
> that way. I don't think we'll be able to *quite* make it invisible
> enough in the presence of different use cases out in the wild.
>
> So. Initial release will use "wc root" as the default. We may decide
> to change that in the future, if we can automate enough of the
> repair/detection/etc of WCs.
+1 on using the WC root (or a directory above that via the bazaar like
algorithm suggested by Gunnar) as /default/.
And +1 on allowing the user to choose any other location he likes at his/her
initiative. (Preferably locatable via some reference in the working copy to
allow multiple config directories)
If you find a stable algorithm to always choose 'the right location' on all
Oss, I think I use it in our TCG applications ;-)
I'm just afraid I find another sysadmin that configures that right location
to a limited network resource after all.. :(
Bert
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Received on 2008-09-17 20:37:57 CEST