Re: Subversion migration schedule (cut-off Fri 18 Mar)

[James Henstridge <james jamesh id au>]

Ross Burton wrote:

>On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 22:11 +0800, James Henstridge wrote:
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>>One thing worth noting here: the macros/ subdirectory will be checked
>>out anonymously, so you won't be able to edit files within that
>>directory and commit, like we can with CVS at the moment.
>>
>>Using the "svn+ssh" URL in the svn:externals property is no better,
>>since it would cause problems for someone trying to check out the module
>>anonymously.
>>
>>I don't think I've ever heard a solution to this problem with svn:externals.
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>Although odd and different to CVS, this is probably a good thing in the
>end: we don't want new hackers thinking the macros/ directory is private
>and editing it to their own needs, prompting breaking every other
>module.
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>
Well, the macros/ directory is really ancient history, so probably isn't
the best example to consider here.

The other examples mentioned previously included code that is only used
in ~ two modules where either maintainer is likely to want to fix bugs
as they find them (e.g. libbackground in nautilus/gnome-control-center,
libgswitchit in gnome-control-center/gnome-applets, etc).

James.