Added a blocker note to TODO-1.6.
2008/12/26 Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com>:
> Then use a config variable, rather than an environment variable.
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 20:32, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
> <arfrever.fta_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
>>
>
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