RE: feature request: svn revision alias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Koning [mailto:Paul_Koning_at_Dell.com]

>
> >>>>> "David" == David Bicking <Bicking> writes:
>
> David> Alright, I'm going to be more explicit. How would
> you name a David> revision, knowing that it applies to the
> whole repository, in David> such a way that it offers any
> kind of meaning? The name David> "V3.14_baselevel3" appears
> to identify a particular branch of David> a particular
> project. To me, this is adding confusion, David> because
> that revision is global and might apply to David>
> "V7.24.032_tertiarylevel1" on another project. So, once
> more, David> what can the alias tell you that has more (and
> concise) David> meaning than the revision number given its
> global nature?
>
> Part of the answer is that a given repository doesn't contain
> things that are utterly unrelated.
>
> The main answer is that I would use symbolic name "V3.14-baselevel3"
> only when poking around the part of the repository that holds V3.14.
> Yes, that same name (the revision number it refers to) is
> also meaningful in other parts of the repository. But
> clearly it would be silly for a user to say "show me the
> sources of GCC as they were in the rev that created
> Subversion 1.91-RC2".
>
> paul

Okay, that is what I thought. The problem that I (personally) see with
that is there is an implicit assumption that a single repository will
only contain directly related projects, that have no branching, or it
assumes a particular path is implicitly assocated with the alias, which
is what Tags do coupled with its revision number.

--
David
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