Re: Subversion for debian stable and few questions

On 2011-01-13 19:42, San Martino wrote:
[...]
> we need to install subversion in a production environment on a Linux
> Debian Stable system.
> The version of subversion should be as stable as possible and possibly
> one of the 1.6.x series.
>
> Unfortunately, the version from the stable branch provides subversion
> 1.5.x, while 1.6.x is available from debian "backports".
> We would like to know if the 1.6.x from debian testing can be
> considered suitable for production.
[...]

Hi,

you should use the "lenny-backports" package, it is functionally mostly
equivalent to the one in "testing" (currently "squeeze").

1.6.12dfsg-4~bpo50+1
http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/subversion

The real difference is in the runtime package dependencies. See the most
recent changelog entries below for details.

Please be sure you read the instructions on using backports:

http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

subversion (1.6.12dfsg-4~bpo50+1) lenny-backports; urgency=high

  * Rebuild for lenny-backports.
    - Disable ra_serf, need a newer version than the one in lenny.
    - Build-depend on libdb4.6-dev, suggest db4.6-util.
    - Build-depend on openjdk-6-jdk instead of gcj-jdk.
    - Depend on openjdk-6-jre-headless instead of gij.

 -- Michael Diers <mdiers_at_elego.de> Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:52:25 +0100

subversion (1.6.12dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=high

  * patches/loosen-sqlite-version-check: New patch: Relax the SQLite
    version check, to match the Debian sqlite3 packaging.
    (Closes: #608925)
  * patches/cve-2010-4539: New patch for CVE-2010-4539, fixing a
    remotely triggered crash in mod_dav_svn involving use of the
    SVNParentPath feature. (Closes: #608989)

 -- Peter Samuelson <peter_at_p12n.org> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:43:01 -0600

-- 
Michael Diers, elego Software Solutions GmbH, http://www.elego.de