On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt
<ulrich.eckhardt_at_dominolaser.com> wrote:
> Am 21.09.2011 06:28, schrieb PR:
>>
>> of course client side push to all the dev desktops with
>> subversion 1.7 will also be done simultaneously.
>
> This is not necessary, you can switch one client first, then other clients
> and finally switch the server. BTW: 1.7 is still not yet released, though
> it's really really close now, AFAICT.
>
>
>> is it really that simple?
>
> Yes, your approach is correct. I'd suggest testing that though, e.g. by
> using a separate system.
>
>
>> I had read about previous upgrades to 1.6 (from 1.4.x or 1.5 ) and that
>> the
>> dump and load was mandatory ...
>
> This is not mandatory, but the organisation of the repository changed to the
> better in recent versions, so a dump and reload is strongly suggested. In
> particular things like merge tracking have improved, IIRC.
A dump / load when upgrading Subversion has never been mandatory.
There may have been added benefits from doing so, but old repositories
will continue to function under new versions of Subversion. When
upgrading Subversion installations, I'd encourage you to read the
relevant release notes:
http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/
>> I did try a quick repo tar and bring up in the new 1.7 rc3 subversion
>> server
>> environment, access with file protocol and a local checkout and verified
>> all
>> the subversion magic in place with the top level .svn, log with diff
>> option,
>> the amazing checkout speeds and hence am really excited with the prospect
>> of
>> quick move.
>>
>> The only fact that left me a bit puzzled was that the repository format
>> still showed 5, inspite of doing a svnadmin verify with subversion 1.7 rc3
>> with no error reported, ...
This is no server-side format changes between 1.6 and 1.7. Since you
are moving from 1.4 to 1.7, however, you may want to run 'svnadmin
upgrade' on the new repositories, to enable new features available
since 1.4. This should all be covered in the relevant release notes.
-Hyrum
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Received on 2011-09-21 11:00:37 CEST