> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Metcalf [mailto:anthony.metcalf@anferny.ath.cx]
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:04 PM
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: Re: CVS/SVN comparison
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:49:52 +0200
> "Guido Anzuoni" <guido.anzuoni@kyneste.com> wrote:
>
> > What if someone gets root's password ?
> > What if someone open the server and change your hard disk.
> > What if....I could go on for days
>
> True, you could, from root's password up there is no point
> going any further. Obvously root can delete the whole repo if
> they feel like it. I wouldn't want a "release manager" to
> accidently do that though.
>
> The point I was trying to make is that, with subversion, out
> of the box, there is no difference between tagging and
> copying and branching.
>
> With the setup of the correct authentication, and the correct
> repo layout, you can achive tagging.
>
> To me a tag is a pristene copy of the repo at a specified
> point. Thats all. Of course root could delete it, amend it,
> whatever, but svn should not allow that.
>
> What if I want my users to be able to create their own tags?
There has been a proposal (from me..., on Oct 1st) but I think that svn
developers
are too busy to take into account.
> HAve a tag directory per user? What if the "release manager"
> forgets what part of the repo they are in and detroy's the tag?
>
> There isn't much point arguing, what I think of as tags doesn't exist.
> What you think of as tags is a system imposed upon your repos.
>
> I think the book, and the porple on the list, could make it
> clearer that a tag is just a branch (which is just a copy of
> some combination of files) that has been put in a read only directory.
>
> Please don't take this as a personal attack, and please don't
> cc me on replies. Thanks :)
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
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