On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:25:43PM -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:18 PM, dann frazier wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 09:45:43PM -0400, Karl Fogel wrote:
>>> dann frazier <dannf_at_dannf.org> writes:
>>>> svn-load 0.10 is now available:
>>>> http://free.linux.hp.com/~dannf/svn-load/svn-load-0.10.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> Changes:
>>>> * The following patches developed by Robert Hunger
>>>> * Fix issue with broken symlink becoming a regular file
>>>> * Fix issue with a preexisting non-dangling directory symlink
>>>> * Fix traceback when using --no-prompt without --move-map,
>>>> reported in Debian bug #476569
>>>> * test.py: permit running a single test from the command line
>>>> * test.py: Use a common temporary directory in BaseLoadCase.tempdir
>>>> * test.py: If initial repository load fails, fail the test
>>>> * test.py: Run svn export in quiet mode
>>>> * Release 0.10
>>>>
>>>> svn-load is a free alternative to svn_load_dirs, and is a (mostly)
>>>> drop-in replacement. svn-load is implemented in python and built on
>>>> top of the pysvn API.
>>>
>>> Can you say what's missing between svn-load and svn_load_dirs still?
>>
>> These svn_load_dirs options have no counterpart in svn-load:
>> -p filename table listing properties to apply to matching files
>> -svn_username username to perform commits as
>> -svn_password password to supply to svn commit
>>
>> The only option svn-load adds is:
>> -m FILE, --move-map=FILE
>>
>> which is used to automate file movements
>
> Is that (-m FILE) the main reason why I might use svn-load, or what other
> incentive do I have to use svn-load instead of svn_load_dirs.pl?
Functionality wise, yes. The move map option is the only additional
feature svn-load has beyond svn_load_dirs.pl.
svn-load came into existance because the copyright holder for
svn_load_dirs.pl hasn't made it available under a license that permits
things like redistribution, modification, etc. This means that at
least one distribution (Debian) chose to stop shipping it, causing a
functionality regression for our users. After unsuccessful attempts to
have it made available under an open source license, I chose to
reimplement it.
--
dann frazier
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Received on 2008-04-24 15:21:11 CEST