Re: how to upgrade sub version 1.4.2 server to 1.8.8 !!!

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On Apr 1, 2014, at 10:16, Mohsin Abbas <mohsinchandia_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ryan for quick response,
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> Actually I am working in organization where SVN is core element because almost all employes use SVN and save their changes in SVN . Purpose to ask was is their any specific issue to upgrade directly from 1.4 to 1.8 or any other issue which I can face while up gradation ? Please provide me how to or steps for upgrading because on Google no fruit full information is available regarding svn upgrade .
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> Second thing my team has asked to upgrade svn on same OS which i have mentioned so kindly guide me for linux OS so that I'll be able to upgrade successfully .
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> FYI
> I have installed SVN 1.8 version with Apache 2.2.25 and tested too that's works for me without any issue . But now the time for up gradation so guide me accordingly . I want to up grade my SVN 1.4.2 which is running with Apache 2.2.14.
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> Regards

The Subversion team is very good about compatibility and I would not have any concerns about upgrading a 1.4 repository to 1.8 format, or dumping a repository in 1.4 and loading it into 1.8.

It is supposed to be the case that any 1.x client can talk to any 1.y server, so you should be able to upgrade the server to 1.8 independently of upgrading the clients to 1.8. However, some new features require new clients. And also, occasionally bugs are found in this backward compatibility that makes upgrading to a newer version necessary.

Upgrading the client will mean needing to upgrade every working copy the client uses. Hopefully you’re not sharing any working copies between clients. If you are, then all the clients that access a shared working copy will need to upgrade to the same version of Subversion at the same time.

I don’t use Linux so I can’t provide specific advice there.
Received on 2014-04-01 20:51:52 CEST