Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
[Accidentally sent this just to Les: Les, sorry if you get two copies!] On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >> An ordinary newbie Subversion administrator *will not be aware* of >> these security issues. Precisely as

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > > An ordinary newbie Subversion administrator *will not be aware* of > these security issues. Precisely as you've shown, it's considered "not > our problem" by the Subversion source developers. It's not that it is not subversion's proble

RE: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-30 Thread Pietro Moras
At last I've discovered how to get my first “svn.exe”, “svnadmin.exe”, ..., up and running. It was as simple as pie [better: trivial], once you knew it. I'll take good note of this experience and write it down into my of memories, when retired. Thank you all. - P.M.

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >>> >>> Yes, but the packaged linux versions pretty much just come up working >>> under http(s) with a appropriate line or two added to the packaged >>> configuration to point to the

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >> Yes, but the packaged linux versions pretty much just come up working >> under http(s) with a appropriate line or two added to the packaged >> configuration to point to the repository location,  and once a network >> server works, sv

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> >>> Pretty much everything you can do with subversion will work with a >>> local repository and file:/// references.   Do your initial >>> testing/learning  that way, then decide wh

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > >> Pretty much everything you can do with subversion will work with a >> local repository and file:/// references.   Do your initial >> testing/learning  that way, then decide what OS platform you want for >> your server.  I'd recommend a

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Pietro Moras wrote: >> In need of breaking the initial ice with Subversion, I wonder if you have >> any real knowledge of a Test Subversion Repository/Server where to start >> understanding, hands-on, what it

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 01:40:11PM -0700, Geoff Hoffman wrote: > Sort of off topic of this thread, but even though I've used SVN for years, > the idea of running it locally without a server never occurred to me. I > thought 'distributed repositories' was Git's only/main benefit over SVN, > but if y

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Richard Cavell
Try this on a Unix-like system: cd ~ svnadmin create /myrepo svn checkout file:///myrepo When you're done playing, rm -rf /myrepo rm -rf ~/myrepo - Original Message - From: Les Mikesell Sent: 10/30/11 04:03 AM To: Pietro Moras Subject: Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion S

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Geoff Hoffman
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: > There is no need to set up a server to try out Subversion. > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Pretty much everything you can do with subversion will work with a > local repository and file:/// references. Do

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Gert Kello
>> In need of breaking the >> initial ice with Subversion, I wonder if you have any real knowledge >> of a Test Subversion Repository/Server where to start understanding, >> hands-on, what it's all about. > > There is no need to set up a server to try out Subversion. > > Install TortoiseSVN 1.7.1.

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Pietro Moras wrote: > In need of breaking the initial ice with Subversion, I wonder if you have > any real knowledge of a Test Subversion Repository/Server where to start > understanding, hands-on, what it's all about. > > Anyhow, these are the related generic—and

Re: Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 05:07:13PM +, Pietro Moras wrote: > In need of breaking the > initial ice with Subversion, I wonder if you have any real knowledge > of a Test Subversion Repository/Server where to start understanding, > hands-on, what it's all about. > > Anyhow, these are the related g

Where/How to get a Test Subversion Server

2011-10-29 Thread Pietro Moras
In need of breaking the initial ice with Subversion, I wonder if you have any real knowledge of a Test Subversion Repository/Server where to start understanding, hands-on, what it's all about. Anyhow, these are the related generic—and, so far, untested—hints I've already collected: -- Redbe