Re: svn commit: r1869776 - /subversion/site/staging/docs/release-notes/1.14.html

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:33 AM Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
wrote:

> hartmannathan_at_apache.org wrote on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 05:26 +00:00:
> > +<div class="notice">
> > +<p><strong>Python is Optional.</strong></p>
> > +
> > +<p>Note that Subversion does not require Python for its basic
> > +operation. If you are not using Subversion's SWIG Python bindings,
> > +automated test suite, or other Python-coded tools that ship with
> > +Subversion, this change does not affect you.</p>
>
> Python is required when building from a tag or branch, but not required
> when building from a tarball. Should this detail be added?

Isn't it more accurate that building from tarball doesn't require Python
but building from a working copy (whether from branches/tags or trunk) does?

In that case I would change the note to two boxes or two paragraphs in one
box:

[[[

Note that Subversion does not require Python for its basic operation. In
general, if you are not using Subversion's SWIG Python bindings, automated
test suite, or other Python-coded tools that ship with Subversion, this
change does not affect you.

Note about building Subversion: Building from a distribution tarball does
not require Python, but building from a checked out source working copy
does.

]]]

Thoughts?

Nathan
Received on 2019-11-14 19:14:40 CET