On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pretty much everything you can do with subversion will work with a
>> local repository and file:/// references. Do your initial
>> testing/learning that way, then decide what OS platform you want for
>> your server. I'd recommend a linux distribution where it would be
>> included in the standard system and updates, but that's a matter of
>> preference. You should not see any differences from the client side
>> regardless of the server platform.
>
> Except the vagaries of access control for svnserve, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS,
> or svn+ssh, and backup to a second server. These are in fact some of
> the most awkward features to negotiate in a shared enviornment.
Yes, but the packaged linux versions pretty much just come up working
under http(s) with a appropriate line or two added to the packaged
configuration to point to the repository location, and once a network
server works, svnsync 'just works' to back it up from elsewhere.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell_at_gmail.com
Received on 2011-10-30 02:56:41 CEST