Re: svn upgrade with dump/load

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote on Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:15:13 -0400:
>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:06 AM, Stümpfig, Thomas
>> <thomas.stuempfig_at_siemens.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I plan to upgrade a 250GB Repository from 1.5 to 1.7. As I learned from
>> > other threads in this list, it is wise to dump and load the repository in
>> > order to bring everything to the latest features.
>>
>> Much, much faster and safer: Create a 1.7 "svnsync" against the 1.5
>> repository. Test dumping and loading from *THAT*,
>
> You don't need to dump/load if you have an svnsync clone created and
> written to by 1.7.

In theory, yes. In practice, it's worth dumping and loading to check
for bugs, since 1.7 has not been released yet.
Received on 2011-09-29 03:57:00 CEST