Re: svn 1.4.2 to 1.4.9

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:31:47PM -0500, Bob Archer wrote:
> > We are planning to upgarde Subversion from 1.4.2 to 1.4.9. But i
> > have a couple of questions regarding this.
> > 1)what are the changes in 1.4.9 from 1.4.2 in terms of release
> > notes?
>
> 1.4 is very out of date. That's probably why you can't find the release notes.

Elaborate release notes for every release can be found here:
http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/

The list of changes for every release is here:
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/CHANGES

> You strongly should consider upgrading to 1.6.latest.

Yes. 1.4.x is not supported anymore by the Subversion project.

> > 2)The ove needs a dump and load of repository or does the existing
> > repository upgrade as soon as the server \ client on the system is
> > upgraded .. meaning new binary is used ??
>
> When going from 1.4.x to 1.4.y there is no change to the repository format. So, just put in the new binary and away you go.
>
> If you do go up to 1.5 or 1.6 then you can either do a dump / load sequence (usually recommended) or you can run svnadmin upgrade.

That's correct.
And the release notes for each release document this in detail.

Stefan
Received on 2010-12-16 18:40:28 CET