Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-08 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On 07.08.2012 18:30, Andrey Repin wrote: Subversion libraries supposed to be linked directly, not used through svn command-line wrapper. For more details, go read http://svn-book.org/ Quite obviously, you never attempted to support a diverse user basis (just think of all the platforms) in

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-08 Thread David Rothenberger
On 8/7/2012 1:16 AM, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: from what I can tell, a user of CygWin SVN has no possibilities to be aware of the fact that it is indeed CygWin SVN, and not another program. This is the root cause for problems like http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-213 As the volunteer

CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Hi, I apologize if I didn't pick the proper mailing list, but discussion about packages sounded right to me... from what I can tell, a user of CygWin SVN has no possibilities to be aware of the fact that it is indeed CygWin SVN, and not another program. This is the root cause for problems

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 10:16:07AM +0200, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Hi, I apologize if I didn't pick the proper mailing list, but discussion about packages sounded right to me... cygwin-apps: a subscriber-only list for discussing packaging issues regarding applications that are distributed

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread marco atzeri
On 8/7/2012 10:16 AM, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Hi, I apologize if I didn't pick the proper mailing list, but discussion about packages sounded right to me... wrong mailing list. Packages is for discussion between package managers, not for bugs or help. Forwarded to the right one: cygwin

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On 07.08.2012 11:45, marco atzeri wrote: I do not understand why you need different file for cygwin. You gave the answer just below, Marco: Commit on cygwin should follow cygwin rules (unix like), so something like   SAG Consulting Services GmbH - Sitz/Registered office: Uhlandstraße

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Jochen Wiedmann! On 07.08.2012 11:45, marco atzeri wrote: I do not understand why you need different file for cygwin. You gave the answer just below, Marco: Commit on cygwin should follow cygwin rules (unix like), so something like I don't get this topic. At all. And i'm using

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On 07.08.2012 12:27, Andrey Repin wrote: To all extents and purposes, Cygwin SVN behave just the way I'd expect from it. I didn't say, it behaves wrong. My point is that I need to know that I am using it, and not another svn, if all I know is there's a svn binary in my path. Jochen  

RE: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
Jochen Wiedmann wrote: I didn't say, it behaves wrong. My point is that I need to know that I am using it, and not another svn, if all I know is there's a svn binary in my path. This isn't Subversion's responsibility; the problem is more general: how do you tell if the version of awk, sed or vim

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On 07.08.2012 13:15, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: This isn't Subversion's responsibility; the problem is more general: how do you tell if the version of awk, sed or vim are Cygwin ones or not (or ones compiled containing a specific patch, or built on a particular day, or any other of a myriad of

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Jochen Wiedmann! To all extents and purposes, Cygwin SVN behave just the way I'd expect from it. I didn't say, it behaves wrong. My point is that I need to know that I am using it, and not another svn, if all I know is there's a svn binary in my path. For what reason? Also,

RE: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On 07.08.2012 13:15, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: This isn't Subversion's responsibility; the problem is more general: how do you tell if the version of awk, sed or vim are Cygwin ones or not (or ones compiled containing a specific patch, or built on a particular day, or any

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 8/7/2012 10:16 AM, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: And, besides, your proposed solution won't work: I could, of course, use which, or where to deduce the location of svn, but what would that tell me. Assuming, I get /usr/bin/svn, then I'd know that which is a CygWin binary (because it emits a CygWin

Re: CygWin SVN should identify as CygWin

2012-08-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Jochen Wiedmann! I don't know about more general. However, I know very well that there's a particular project (Maven Release Plugin), which has this very problem with svn, Then this is problem of Maven. Subversion libraries supposed to be linked directly, not used through svn