Subversion 1.3.0-rc2

[Garance A Drosihn]

At 10:00 AM -0500 11/28/05, Vivek Khera wrote:
>On Nov 28, 2005, at 8:49 AM, Mischa Peters wrote:
>
>>It would also be nice to know why there is an RC in /usr/ports,
>>and why there isn't a subversion-devel tree.
>>
>
>Thanks to your earlier warning, I avoided upgrading subversion...
>
>I too also wonder about why stable port versions are replaced
>with pre-release software in ports.  This seems like just a bad
>choice by the maintainer, but I'm not sure if it violates any
>policies of the ports system.  Perhaps there should be some
>policy regarding stability of software.

And subversion is a particularly bad port to be "adventurous"
with, since it serves such an important role for the people
who use it.

...but with that said, I should also note that I upgraded to the
subversion 1.3.0-rc2 port (I happened to do it the very evening
before Mischa Peters sent the first warning message!).  I have
not seen any problems.  The projects I use it for are admittedly
small, so that probably doesn't mean much.  On the other hand, I
also don't see many reports of other people having trouble with
this release-candidate version.

Do you have any backups of your repository?

(disclaimer: I am not an expert in subversion, I am just
experimenting with it for a few of my projects...)

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