> From: Rodent of Unusual Size [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:06 PM
> B. W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> correct. i will make two more points and then shut up. the first > >> is that this threading model may be standard on non-asf projects > >> like svn, but it is a deviation from all of the other commit notice > >> scenarios in apache-land. > > > > Due to the fact that in CVS, revision numbers are per-file, and in > > Subversion, they're per-repository. Due to technical reasons, you > > *can't* do this with CVS's commit mailer. > > that's a piece of information i did not know. so a particular revision > number in svn identifies a specific commit, regardless of how many > thing it touches? Exactly correct. > if so, i withdraw my objection, which would > seem to have been made from ignorance. my bad. np. Btw, a useful source of information is the Subversion book: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ It's still a work in progress but extremely helpful. Sander
