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Re: Issue # 3342

From: Edmund Wong <ed_at_kdtc.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:20:50 +0800

Stefan Sperling wrote:

> It won't be a single file :)

Darn. I thought it was with notify.c.

>
> Basically, conflict stat gathering needs to be moved into
> the client library, and be done per-operation. Users of the
> client library should be able to receive conflict stats as
> part of the result of an API call such as svn_client_update().
>
> Right now, the conflict stats are gathered purely inside
> the command line client, based on notifications received
> from the client library. This is a bit of a hack, and cannot
> easily be made as accurate as we'd like it to be, hence issue #3342.
> Pushing this down into the client library would also benefit
> other clients such as TortoiseSVN.

Well, I think I'll re-clarify my position with this issue.
I'm still reading (as stated in the hacking.html) the .h
files trying to understand the layout and whilst doing that,
learning C.

>
> If you feel this is too overwhelming, don't rush into it.

I'll definitely be taking my time here.

> Just keep fixing simple problems like you did for issue #3207.
> Doing this really helps the project, and you will gain more
> confidence and learn more about the code as you go along.

I would agree. Right now, I'm definitely on the shaky side
but it's good to learn a new language.

> The amount of problems that need to be fixed is really large anyway.
> There should be many little problems that need little fixes.

I've dumped the issues(NEW, FEATURE, ENHANCE, and TASK) and their
descriptions to a local html setup so I can read up on the
information locally. That's how I picked up #3207.

> Most importantly, just do what is fun!

Thanks Stefan! Very much appreciate the help.

Edmund

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