On 1/25/07, Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2007a@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 14:50, Erik Hemdal wrote:
>
> > I think Ryan is right and I didn't quite say this right. So I went
> > back to
> > the release notes and found this:
> >
> > ----
> > Due to certain improvements and bugfixes made to the working copy
> > library,
> > the version number of the working copy format has been incremented.
> > This
> > means that Subversion clients earlier than 1.4 will not be able to
> > work with
> > working copies produced by Subversion 1.4. Similarly, the
> > repository format
> > has changed as well, meaning that pre-1.4 Subversion tools that
> > normally
> > access a repository directly (e.g. svnserve, mod_dav_svn, svnadmin)
> > won't be
> > able to read a repository originally created by Subversion 1.4.
> > ----
> >
> > What I intended was that if you have users running older clients,
> > then you
> > should not just change the repository format without making sure
> > you don't
> > run into this issue. I take this to mean that if you do an
> > svnadmin dump,
> > upgrade to v1.4 and then do an svnadmin load, you'll get the new
> > 1.4 format
> > and you have to update clients too.
> >
> > I apologize if I caused confusion, and if I'm misunderstanding
> > things, I'd
> > appreciate it if Ryan or someone smarter could set me straight.
>
> As I understand it, the two changes are unrelated to one another:
>
> On the one hand, the Subversion 1.4 *server* can use a new repository
> format which is more space-efficient. If you want to use it, you must
> dump the repository and reload it. Any Subversion 1.x client can
> connect to the upgraded server. You do not need to upgrade your
> client to 1.4 in order to connect to a 1.4 server.
Exactly.
> On the other hand, the Subversion 1.4 *client* uses a new working
> copy format. The first time a 1.4 client touches a working copy, it
> automatically updates it to 1.4 format. From that point on, only 1.4
> clients can use that working copy; older clients are no longer
> compatible with it. This applies whether or not your working copy
> talks to a 1.4 server or an earlier server.
Right.
Bye,
Erik.
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Received on Sat Jan 27 12:18:12 2007