On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:01:08PM +0200, Johan Corveleyn wrote:
> How about the other way around? Make 1.8 work with 1.7-format wc's,
> without requiring an upgrade. The upgrade would be optional, enabling
> new features and improvements. Would that be at all possible? That
> would make it possible to mix 1.7 and 1.8 svn clients, as long as the
> format stays on 1.7-format.
>
> I guess that would be pretty hard with our current codebase, to make
> some (client-side) features conditional on wc-format. Not to mention
> additional complexity to document this for users. But still, it's
> worth a discussion I think. As a user, I'd definitely like to have
> this flexibility ...
Yes, it would be nice for users. We've never made these kinds of guarantees
on the client side but I believe there is no technical reason preventing us
from making such guarantees. However, this would cause additional development
overhead (not sure how much exactly) for 1.8 and would definitely contribute
to delaying the release. Also, if we go down this road we must be careful not
to paint ourselves into corners due to compatibility traps on the client side.
What do we do when 1.9 comes around? Will that then support 1.8 WCs?
Received on 2012-06-25 23:35:09 CEST