Re: Subversion Configurablility

Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote on 12.12.2008 01:16:03:

> Short answer due to iPhone: I disagree. More knobs can create
> confusion. Each knob has to be evaluated by the user/admin to
> determine use and applicability. The knob better have some damned good
> value before being offered.
>
> All these knobs for the backend? I bet you could simplify with a
> simple tristate: default, optimize for size, optimize for speed. Why
> provide anything else? What other axises are actually relevant?
>
> And knobs on the client should be *real* minimal.
>
> Cheers,
> -g
>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16, "Hyrum K. Wright"
<hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu
> > wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking a lot the past few weeks about the
> > configurability of
> > Subversion. Here are some thoughts.
> >
Hi all,

Just as an innocent dev lurker: If discussing configurability, why not
finally tackle the "push configuration to clients" problem, that some have
been waiting on for a long time?

Br

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