Re: "DeltaV, which has been ripped out..."

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Steve Simon <steve_at_quintile.net> wrote:
>> That was our use of DeltaV, which has been ripped out in 1.7. (well...
>> newer hotness, and some back-compat remaining)
>
> Hi,
>
> I was a little purturbed to read this, are there any references to
> what is being dropped and what is kept?

Nothing was droppd. The SVN client is just going to have a more
efficient conversation with the server via HTTP when both client and
server are running 1.7.

> I a have written a WebDav client, mainly as an SVN client, and am
> just girding my loins ready to embark on DeltaV support so I can
> checkin new code.
>
> Is this code going to be obsolete before it is finished?

It sounds like it was obsolete before you started :) But seriously,
nothing has really changed. You can still do this. Note that SVN has
never truly supported DeltaV though, so a generic DeltaV SVN client
may or may not work.

> Also, how will this effect thrid party clients such as Tortoise
> and Smart SVN clients?

TortoiseSVN uses the SVN client libraries. So it will just have a
more efficient client/server communication. SmartSVN uses SVNKit, so
it will depend on when they choose to adopt the simpler protocol. It
is not like pre-1.7 clients are going to stop working though. All of
the old protocol is still there and supported.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/