Re: subversion upgrade from 1.4.6 to 1.7

2011/9/21 Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt_at_dominolaser.com>:
> Am 21.09.2011 11:00, schrieb Hyrum K Wright:
> [repository upgrade]
>>
>> 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.
>
> Wait: I was under the impression that this enabled new features _as far as
> possible_, but that some extensive internal changes (sharding? reverse
> deltas? something?) actually required a dump/load cycle to make full use of,
> or am I mistaken?

You're right: sharding may require a load to enable (though I seem to
recall a script somewhere would would do it to a live repo).

Things like packing can be enabled with a simple upgrade of the repository.

-Hyrum

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