Re: doc quirks

2009/3/5 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> 2009/3/3 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just wanted to check whether the new feature in 1.6 'file externals' is
>>> already in our docs (FYI: it's not yet). But while doing that I
>>
>> Not sure what to do with file externals. At the moment they are fairly
>> buggy in that you cannot remove a file external from a WC (issue
>> #3351) and you cannot add a binary file external (issue #3368). If we
>> don't document people will ask if it is supported, and if we do
>> document people will use them and complain about the bugs.
>
> #3351 applies only to file externals that haven't been committed yet.
> While that's clearly a bug, I don't think it's very serious since the
> workaround is easy (commit the external, then remove it after the commit).

No it doesn't, and the title of issue #3351 has now been changed to
reflect that. I have had some responses from Daniel Shahaf and I will
raise the issue of releasability on the svn list.

> For issue #3368, there's already a patch available. Which is I think a
> good sign that it might still have a chance to get fixed for 1.6 - if
> not then at least for 1.6.1.

Maybe. That patch was added to the tracker a while back but no-one has
reviewed it yet.

> I suggest to still document the file externals. We can then add a
> section to our release notes about 'known problems' with the externals.

OK, will do.

Simon

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