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Re: subversion 1.4.2

From: Eric Manceau <Eric.Manceau_at_ec-nantes.fr>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 09:33:11 +0200

Nico Kadel-Garcia a écrit :
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Eric Manceau
> <Eric.Manceau_at_ec-nantes.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am struggling with an old version of subversion : 1.4.2
>> Is it safe for the repository to adopt the 1.6.16 version?
>>
>
> It's also *wise* to upgrade, especially if your older repo is using
> the older and notoriously fragile Berkeley DB. Doing a dump and reload
> to a clean, new, working repo with the same UUID manually set should
> be invisibble to your clients.
>
> Do review the upgrade notes from the "Red Book" at
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/. And be aware that any working copy you
> touch with a Subversion 1.6 client will no longer be compatible with
> Subversion 1.4 clients.
>
>
Thank you for the advise.
I was absolutely not aware of this compatibility problem on the client side.

>> Moreover I want to split an old repos in 2 new repos without losing revision
>> of my files :
>>
>> Old Repo
>> |--data
>> |-- test
>>
>> New Repo 1
>> | --data
>>
>> New Repo 2
>> | --data
>>
>> Svndumpfilter with 1.4 did not help and the svn command as well so did the
>> tools evolve in the 1.6 version in order to achieve this goal?
>>
>> Thank you for your answer.
>>
>
> They're better. The new repos will have to be distinct, with twho new uuid's.
>
> Why not build a new, upgraded repo first, and then split *that*?
>
That's an idea.
I will not use it first because I want to have a try with the original
first.
But I will keep this solution for a later time.

Best Regards.
Eric

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