Re: What version of Serf will be the required minimum for Subversion 1.8?

On 03.01.2013 17:02, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Hey, all. I'd like to get a sense of what we're targeting in terms of
> minimum required Serf library versions for Subversion 1.8.
>
> First, the status quo:
>
> - In Subversion 1.7, we require Serf 0.7.1 or better.
> - Currently on the trunk, we require Serf 1.0.0 or better.
>
> In reviewing the changes released in Serf since its 1.0.0 release (which is
> everything up to and including the current 1.1.1 version), I see a number of
> them that stand out as must-haves for Subversion's needs, especially as
> ra_serf becomes the sole DAV RA implementation. I also examined the
> as-yet-unreleased changes currently queued for Serf 1.1.2, but don't spot
> anything that's mission-critical there. So, at a minimum, I'd like to
> propose that we further bump the minimum required Serf version to 1.1.1 on
> trunk (and by extension, for Subversion 1.8).

As far as I can see, we should require 1.1.1, since it contains fixes
critical to this project.

I (currently) see no reason to wait for 1.1.2 or 1.2.0.

-- Brane

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Branko Čibej
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