On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> For instance, we could simply package two set of binaries/libraries in
> one package (the 1.8.0 version together with 1.7.x (taken from the
> corresponding tag)), and implement a main wrapper that delegates
> everything to the appropriate version. The 1.8.0 code doesn't need to
> care about the 1.7-compat stuff, we just have a dispatcher and package
> the old code together with it. I'm just fantasizing of course, for
> illustrative purposes only :-). But ... it depends. Anyone have a
> creative idea how this could technically be done and what the pros and
> cons would be?
Or some third-party could just do this, and we wouldn't have to mess
with it at all. If there is a demand, somebody will step up and do
it, but I don't think we (as the Apache Subversion project) should too
much about it.
-Hyrum
Received on 2012-07-11 19:14:51 CEST