Re: svn commit: r1396184 - in /subversion/branches/auto-props-sdc/subversion: include/svn_props.h libsvn_client/add.c libsvn_client/client.h libsvn_client/commit.c tests/cmdline/autoprop_tests.py tests/cmdline/svntest/main.py

On 10/09/2012 03:30 PM, Paul Burba wrote:
>> I don't like the term "iprop" (assuming that stands for "inheritable
>> property"), because as I understood it all properties are inheritable
>> (and it's up to the "user" of that property to decide to use it in an
>> inheritable manner or not).
>
> Sure, it's up to the user, caller, script, etc., but this is a
> reserved property that Subversion itself will always consider
> inheritable, so I don't believe "iprop" is misleading in any way.

[Just painting the bike shed.]

In retrospect, I think "svn:config-" betrays too much of the origins of the
feature. Were we designing this feature from the get-go, having *not*
already passed through lines of thought that included such phrases as
"server-dictated configuration", I doubt we'd wind up here.

I like where you're going with "iprop" -- telling the user right up front
that this sucker is inheritable. I just don't like "iprop" because it
sounds like a brand name for a line of faux Apple computers used in
furniture showrooms. Just kidding, but seriously, a new user will have no
idea what the "i" in "iprops" is for. I'd suggest just being explicit, if
verbose, and going with "svn:inheritable-auto-props" (and
"svn:inheritable-ignores", and ...).

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