We know what the ideal situation is, but it sounds like the development cost
is crippling in this case. I'm okay with calling this an unsupported edge
case, and with recommending that folks ensure the successful completion of
'svn cleanup' in all working copies *before* upgrading to 1.7.
Greg Stein wrote:
> I'm issuing a second request for comment here. IMO, this is a pretty
> dramatic departure from prior release strategy, and (for a few users)
> it will be a pain to grab an old client to clean out the stale logs.
> (or to do a new checkout, and figure out what changes to port over)
>
> We're getting *very* close to the point where we're going to start on
> a major hack/slash against the loggy code. We need to be sure that
> people are bought into the position of, "oops. you crashed at a bad
> spot. then upgraded your client. you're in a tough spot".
>
> I'll assume "it's a total edge case, so yah. any stale logs prevent an upgrade."
>
> If the problem space is unclear to anybody, then please let me know,
> and Hyrum/myself can explain further.
>
> Thanks,
> -g
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 03:01, Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Regarding upgrading: I believe we should always be able to upgrade any
>> production release. IOW, upgrade 1.0 working copies. I think it is
>> simply part of our compatibility story across 1.x releases.
>>
>> The question at hand isn't so much upgrading as "should we expend the
>> effort to run stale logs from within the 1.7 codebase, or send people
>> back to a prior release to clear those out first?" (or they can just
>> do a new checkout) Running stale logs would be a HUGE effort, and
>> potentially affecting mere handfuls of people. Thus, the reason for
>> Hyrum's email.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -g
>>
>
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