hartmannat...@apache.org wrote on Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 14:52:50 -0000: > Author: hartmannathan > Date: Fri Nov 15 14:52:50 2019 > New Revision: 1869856 > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1869856&view=rev > Log: > In 'staging': 1.14 release notes: Explain when/how Python is required > > * docs/release-notes/1.14.html: > ("Python is Optional" note box): > Explain in detail when Subversion requires Python, and also when > it does not, replacing short and vague paragraph.
Thanks for HTMLifying and committing that. More below. > +++ subversion/site/staging/docs/release-notes/1.14.html Fri Nov 15 14:52:50 > 2019 > @@ -272,10 +272,49 @@ Welcome</a> below.</p> > <div class="notice"> > <p><strong>Python is Optional.</strong></p> > > -<p>Note that Subversion does not require Python for its basic > -operation. If you are not using Subversion's SWIG Python bindings, > -Subversion's test suite, or other Python-coded tools that ship with > -Subversion, this change does not affect you.</p> > +<p>Subversion does <strong>not</strong> require Python for its basic > +operation. Python is only required for building Subversion and for > +using Subversion's SWIG Python bindings or hook scripts coded in > +Python. This sentence is inaccurate: hook scripts written in Python that don't require the bindings will not be an issue. Suggestion: say "for building Subversion and for using the SWIG Python bindings", then move the "The Python bindings are used by:" bit to after this paragraph. > If you do not do either of these things, then this change > +does not affect you.</p> > + > +<p>In more detail, Python is required for doing any of the > +following:</p> > + > +<ul> ⋮ > +</ul> > + > +<p>The Python bindings are used by:</p> > + > +<ul> > +<li>Third-party programs (e.g., > + <a href="https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/";>ViewVC</a>)</li> > +<li>Scripts distributed with Subversion itself in the tools/ > + subdirectory.</li> > +<li>Any in-house scripts you may have.</li> > +</ul> Cheers, Daniel
