subversion:
(*) depends on python to *build*
(*) depends on swig (what is *that*?), which:
(*) depends on tcl
(*) depends on guile
Don't know what "guile" depends on
(*) depends on ruby
Don't know what "ruby" depends on
Sorry, I don't/won't install python *and* ruby, and will simply
not run that sort of stuff.
conclusion: subversion is Linux-oriented bloatware that purports
to improve on cvs. The improvements on cvs appear to be minimal,
the system cost is *stunning*. Its authors should have improved
cvs, not forked off something with a GUI and a bunch of goofy script
languages (perl, python, ruby and ...) . Of course, Linux purports
to improve on SYSV. (Do they have pty's yet??)
In time, people like me will grow older and die. Then a program
with 47 MB of source code (including html documentation, requiring
mozilla to read) that does essentially this
#! /bin/pseudo-shell-script
if cmp /here/file1 /there/file1 ; then
cp /here/file1 /there/file1
fi
will be acceptable.
The serious adult version of this post is "They should have
improved cvs". The rest is crazy old-fart woodchuck ranting.
Now that I have this out of my system, I'll continue trying
to build subversion. I'll even let it install ruby. But I
promise I will stop if it demands tex and LaTeX. A woodchuck
has to know his limits. there are .tex files in that 47MB.
(My first Unix PeeCee had a 40MB disk.)
I'm doing all this over dialup, which is why I have so much
time to rant.
Dave
--
"Confound these wretched rodents! For every one I fling away,
a dozen more vex me!" -- Doctor Doom
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