2008-12-25 16:35:59 Greg Stein napisał(a):
> Thanks for catching this before we branched! Yes, we need a convincing
> argument, or a revert here.
I want to be able to use a script which sets HTTP library and calls svn with
a relatively unique config directory ('--config-dir ${DIR}' option) which shouldn't
be directly accessed by users.
> On Dec 25, 2008, at 5:11, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
>
> > Ping.
> >
> > The code hasn't been reverted, and I don't see consensus reached in
> > the
> > thread. What's the current consensus?
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > Julian Foad wrote on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 at 11:45 +0100:
> >> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 19:56 -0700, Greg Stein wrote:
> >>> Woah...
> >>>
> >>> I don't support this change. One of svn's design points when we
> >>> first
> >>> started was "no environment variables". Yes, we have some, but each
> >>> was considered carefully before adding. The reason to avoid
> >>> environment variables is that they subtly alter the operation of the
> >>> software. If you have/don't-have the variable defined, then the code
> >>> acts quite differently.
> >>
> >> Heh. I support the position of "no environment variables", but it's
> >> harder than that to explain the reason. (The reader who needs
> >> convincing
> >> responds to the above with, "Well, duh, of course that's what they
> >> do.
> >> Just like other kinds of configuration settings. That's the whole
> >> point!") The reasons why an environment variable is not good for this
> >> kind of setting have to do with the disconnect between where the
> >> settings are configured (in some arbitrary shell script) and where
> >> they're used (in Subversion), the ephemeral nature of the
> >> "environment",
> >> e.g. it changes when you enter or leave a sub-shell, and things like
> >> that.
> >>
> >> Arfrever, if there are reasons why it is much better to allow this
> >> to be
> >> configured by an env var, please say. (Being convenient for testing
> >> is
> >> not a sufficient reason.)
> >>
> >> - Julian
> >>
> >>
> >>> Our goal was to make Subversion's operation as
> >>> obvious and straight-forward as possible, and one of the ways to
> >>> that
> >>> was to minimize the use of environment variables.
> >>>
> >>> In this case, a user can set a configuration value, so there is no
> >>> need for an environment variable.
> >>>
> >>> -g
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:31 PM, <arfrever_at_tigris.org> wrote:
> >>>> Author: arfrever
> >>>> Date: Sun Oct 19 18:31:27 2008
> >>>> New Revision: 33767
> >>>>
> >>>> Log:
> >>>> Support SVN_HTTP_LIBRARY environment variable for specifying
> >>>> which HTTP library
> >>>> should be used.
> >>>>
> >>>> * subversion/libsvn_ra/ra_loader.c
> >>>> (svn_ra_open3): Use SVN_HTTP_LIBRARY environment variable if it
> >>>> exists.
> >>>> Otherwise use http-library configuration option.
>
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