I'm guessing SF's problem is load on their web server. I've had
issues of late just viewing a repository with viewvc on SF. Don't
blame the subversion package for problems that may be a result of the
configuration/implementation at the site you are using. The site that
is completely free to you.
On 10/1/06, root <daly@axiom-developer.org> wrote:
> > * Saying 'svn isn't ready for primetime' is mildly amusing to me. I'm
> > one of subversion's original designers, and the system has been
> > evolving for 6 years now. Apache, GCC, KDE, Gnome, Samba, and nearly
> > every project started within the last 3 years uses it. Sourceforge
> > and Google offer it to the public. There are 6+ books written on it.
> > It's the 'new standard'. If it were as unusable as your personal
> > experiences, it never would have taken off.
>
> moments ago:
>
> svn commit
> ....................................................
> svn: MERGE request failed on '/svnroot/magnus/branches/daly'
> svn: MERGE of '/svnroot/magnus/branches/daly': 500 Internal Server Error (https://svn.sourceforge.net)
>
>
> Third failure of this type in 3 days. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
>
> You may be amused but I'm not. I hate redoing work.
> Especially when the WHOLE POINT of a code archive is to preserve work.
>
> Perhaps sourceforge is badly configured or I just can't spell 'commit'.
>
> And why don't I get enough information to actually debug why it failed?
>
> Anyway, I'm off to preserve my changes, do a partially failing checkout
> followed by several updates to recover and get all the data,
> redo my changes, commit and pray.
>
>
> Total number of ARCH commit failures for any reason over the past 3 years: 0
> Total number of CVS commit failures for any reason over the past 3 years: 0
>
> > I'm sure, though, that the negative experiences reported about svn
> > aren't amusing to those experiencing them. But I assure you that
> > they're indicative of something configured incorrectly in specific
> > environments. Those experiences aren't the norm, they're some weird
> > edge-case. In other words, occam's razor says, "it's not that the
> > public is crazy for widely adopting a buggy system, rather, there's
> > just something buggy about your particular setups". :-) My
> > recommendation is that you guys report your problems to the
> > users@subversion.tigris.org list (which has thousands of subscribers)
> > to help de-bug whatever gremlins are in your setup. Quietly hating
> > subversion isn't a useful strategy.
>
> Vocally hating subversion isn't useful either :-)
> I've copied the mailing list.
> Maybe they can fix sourceforge.
>
>
> Tim, the loser who can't commit, Daly
>
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