Re: configure stopping on Berkeley DB include.........

On Sep 22, 2010, at 15:38, Stewart Dean wrote:

>> Remember to Reply All so your reply goes to the list too, not just to me.
>>
>> If you don't use BerkeleyDB, you get a so-called "FSFS" repository. FSFS is a file-based database, just like BerkeleyDB is, but has been designed specifically for Subversion. FSFS has been the default for new repositories for years (since Subversion 1.2) and works great. It's what most people use for Subversion today. It is not a problem. BerkeleyDB, on the other hand, is usually several problems, which is why the Subversion developers have spent so much effort over the years creating and improving FSFS. I am told BDB has its place but I recommend it be avoided.
>

> Will do with the reply all...in the meantime, I looked deeper into BDB vs. FSFS, which this:
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05.html#svn-ch-5-sect-1.3
> lays out pretty well and I can now see why everyone is wondering why I would want it.......

Note that's the ancient Subversion 1.1 book. Consider reading the current version of the book instead:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.reposadmin.planning.html#svn.reposadmin.basics.backends
Received on 2010-09-22 22:44:14 CEST