On 9/14/07, Micah Elliott <mde@micahelliott.com> wrote:
> On 2007-09-14 ANDREW.LUCAS@L-3Com.com wrote:
>
> > For subversion, can I mix 1.4.2 clients with a version 1.4.5 server?
>
> According to the Hacker's Guide:
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/hacking.html#release-numbering
>
> "When the major number changes, all bets are off."
>
> So I would expect this to not be a problem from one minor release
> to the next, but for a minor release change I see a case on one
> machine where my client is too old to talk to my server.
>
> client$ svn --version
> svn, version 1.1.4 (r13838)
> compiled Feb 6 2006, 16:31:47
>
>
> client$ svn ls
> svn: This client is too old to work with working copy ''; please get a newer Subversion client
>
> server$ svn --version
> svn, version 1.4.3 (r23084)
> compiled Mar 28 2007, 22:48:32
>
> Granted, I didn't read the whole section, and I'm not too worried
> about it in this case, but it is somewhat surprising.
"""2)
Working copy and repository formats are backward- and
forward-compatible for all patch releases in the same minor series.
They are forward-compatible for all minor releases in the same major
series; however, a minor release is allowed to make a working copy or
repository that doesn't work with previous minor releases, where
"make" could mean "upgrade" as well as "create".""""
bye,
Erik.
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Received on Fri Sep 14 23:25:38 2007