On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 09:33:52PM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 6/20/13 9:13 PM, David Chisnall wrote: > > On 20 Jun 2013, at 14:09, Julian Elischer <jul...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >>> Which of the classes of user that I outlined do you think wants to be > >>> able to do that? As a FreeBSD user, I never felt the desire to do that, > >>> but maybe I was unusual. As a FreeBSD developer, I don't mind installing > >>> the svn port to be able to do it (although I'd prefer a more lightweight > >>> port). I would expect the same to apply to the sort of engaged user who > >>> is willing to bisect to track down a bug. > >> bug reporter: I have this new bug... > >> developer: Can you try rolling back to xyzzy > >> bug reporter: Yeah that fixes it.. > >> developer: Ok.. patch will follow.... > > And do you think that the sort of user who is sufficiently engaged with the > > project to do this is the sort of user who would not be willing to do so if > > it meant installing the subversion port? If so, then there is a clear case > > for svnlite. > > I think that it lowers the barrier.. once you start bringing ports > into the picture you start running the risk of port revision hell. >
Once everything will be back to normal $ pkg install subversion I don't see much revision hell in that (bonus it will bring to python and no perl). regards, Bapt
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