Posted Jul 24, 2008
Subversion 1.5 has landed
WebLion’s Subversion server now runs 1.5.0. Happy merging!
The good news
I’ve upgraded weblion.psu.edu’s Subversion stuff to the new 1.5.0 release. The release notes are well worth a read, as many of the workarounds we’ve used in the past are no longer necessary. If you choose not to upgrade your client yet, that’s okay; it will continue to work as ever. Otherwise, enjoy the new features, and please open a ticket if you notice anything weird.
Caveats
I’ve upgraded the format of the weblion repository but will hold off on the other ones so we maintain the option of returning to 1.4 in case of some disastrous bug. We’ll vet the new format on this one repository (which receives constant punishment and attention) and upgrade the rest in about a week. In the meantime, some features might not be available in other repositories unless you specifically ask me to upgrade them (and take your life in your hands): see the New Feature Compatibility Table in the release notes for details.
A note for buildout users
If you use buildout and choose to update your svn client, you’ll need to patch setuptools as well. Here's how:
- Grab the source of setuptools-0.6c8.
- Apply this patch.
- Build the egg:
cd setuptools-0.6c8 && python2.4 setup.py bdist_egg - Toss it in your eggs dir:
mv dist/setuptools-0.6c8-py2.4.egg ~/.buildout/eggs
