On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 10:41 -0400, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> On 08/31/2010 10:36 AM, Julian Foad wrote:
> > Bindings: swig-py, swig-pl, swig-rb all pass their tests. ctypes-python
> > fails to build for me. Java: Philip said "I've run javahl tests in
> > single-db, 3 FAILs compared to 1 in multi-db."
> >
> > Upgrading from a dev version: When the switch is made, after updating
> > and re-compiling, each dev using a trunk WC (format 18) will need to run
> > tools/dev/wc-ng/bump-to-19.py on the WC.
> >
> > Running the new svn on an format-18 WC will report a friendly message
> > advising you to use bump-to-19.py. (Running it on an older 1.7-dev
> > (format <= 17) WC will probably upgrade one directory to format 18 and
> > then exit with that message, which doesn't sound quite right.)
> >
> > Running an old svn on a format-19 (single-db) WC results in a friendly
> > error.
> >
> > I think we're all set to switch it on.
>
> Ooh. Wait a second. I seem to recall that your Python script had some
> limitations -- couldn't handle externals, or something. Is that still the
> case? Can it be worked around by something like:
>
> 1. rm -rf /path/to/external/directory
> 2. bump-to-19.py
> 3. svn up
>
> ?
Yes, in fact it's essential to do that because otherwise the script
would make the contents of each external WC become an integral part of
the main WC, because it will just recurse into them and move their DB
rows into the main WC's root DB.
- Julian
Received on 2010-08-31 16:51:12 CEST