I wonder if it matters that some older revs are drastically out of time order. Some examples:
$ svn log -q -r 320000 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
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r320000 | sandygao | 2004-07-23 18:16:09 -0400 (Fri, 23 Jul 2004)
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$ svn log -q -r 267652 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
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r267652 | (no author) | 2000-04-12 12:20:53 -0400 (Wed, 12 Apr 2000)
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$ svn log -q -r {2001-6-1} http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
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r89250 | stoddard | 2001-05-31 22:58:44 -0400 (Thu, 31 May 2001)
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$ svn log -q -r 2 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
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r2 | gstein | 2003-01-15 16:44:56 -0500 (Wed, 15 Jan 2003)
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$ svn log -q -r 1 http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
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r1 | gstein | 2003-01-15 06:46:49 -0500 (Wed, 15 Jan 2003)
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paul
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