Thanks Ryan.
My immediate problem is solved, now that the 'tigris.org' site is back
online.
To reduce user confusion, I suggest - to the Apache team - that an
informative Readme file be placed in these empty subversion folders,
stating that source-code will not be here until the 1.7.0 release,
and where the existing versions can be found:
http://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/
http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/subversion/
http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/apache/dist/subversion/
...etc...
Also confusing is the (pending?) cover page ...
http://subversion.apache.org/
... which has the same content as the main Apache page,
ie, nothing subversion-related :
http://apache.org/
I realize this is "correct" in sense of your 1.7.0 intentions, but it sure
is confusing to users, like me, as other docs talk about Subverion's
move to Apache
and empty directories usually indicate an erroneous situation.
A simple "work in progress" note would be very helpful here, to prevent
confusion.
Thanks,
John Buehrer
On 5/20/10 12:36 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On May 20, 2010, at 04:52, John Buehrer wrote:
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>> Yes, now it appears. Strange! (to me)
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> According to another message on the list, the site was down shortly.
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>> Thanks for the info about v1.7.0.
>> Maybe you could add this info as a "Readme" note in the existing Apache subversion directories?
>> It would save a lot of confusion - at least to me this morning...
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> Which Apache subversion directories are you referring to?
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>> Also, this page doesn't say anything about Subversion, and clicking on the
>> right-side subversion URL just loops back to the same page:
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>> http://subversion.apache.org/
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> I don't see any right-side subversion URL. The page says plenty about Subversion when I go there. Maybe the page momentarily contained weird content? Try reloading.
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>> I suppose this behavior is also compatible with your 1.7.0 intentions, but it sure
>> is confusing for users. Maybe a "this page intentionally done weird" blurb
>> at the top would at least make things more amusing! (And the same
>> Readme note as above would be even better. But you already know that.)
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> Note that I'm just a Subversion user, like you, with no affiliation with the project other than subscribing to the mailing list to help answer questions. I'm sending this reply back to the mailing list, where any continuing discussion should occur.
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Received on 2010-05-20 12:55:56 CEST