Alan W. Irwin wrote: >I am happy to announce I just got the job completed of converting our >SF repository to Subversion. > >The goal of the Subversion project is "to build a version control system >that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community." >Because the argument for Subversion over CVS is now so compelling, and >because SourceForge supports Subversion, the PLplot core developers have had >the conversion of our SourceForge repository from CVS to Subversion on our >minds for the last couple of years or so. But it was a big, complicated >job (especially the checking) so its only recently that we decided to >go ahead with this conversion. > > > >What does SVN mean to the ordinary PLplot user who wants to try out our >lastest software? Well, first, follow the directions at >http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=2915. When setting up our svn >repository I have followed the common and recommended SVN practice of >organizing the repository at the top-level into the TTB (trunk, tags, and >branches) top-level directories. Thus, pay special attention to the warning >at the above URL about checking out just the trunk. (If you check out from >one directory level above trunk, then you will get trunk, tags, and >branches, and the latter two have the source code of _all_ the tags and >branches, and therefore will consume a lot of your bandwidth and disk >space.) > > For Windows users: There is a very convenient subversion client available: tortoisesvn - http://www.tortoisesvn.net It works via the Windows Explorer and similar programs
Alan, what version of SVN should we use? I have had some issues with an installed version in a completely unrelated project - it claimed that the repository was made by a newer version of SVN, and I had to use other means to get access. Regards, Arjen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
