> -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Sperling [mailto:s...@elego.de] > Sent: 03 July 2014 16:48 > To: Notes Jonny > Cc: Branko Čibej; users@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: Extend E155021 message to include supported > format version > > On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 10:58:35AM +0100, Notes Jonny wrote: > > I guess the other idea is to promise to only allow ".svn format" > > updates every 5 years? I can't think that I've noticed any > > improvements since I've been using new formats.. > > The 1.8 format added support for local move tracking, for instance. > http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.8.html#moves > > > Do GIT repos suffer these same problems? > > No, they don't. And neither do Subversion repositories (i.e > on the the server-side), which are fully backwards compatible. > SVN working copies correspond more to the "git working tree" > rather than the git repository. > > SVN working copies are not backwards compatible (yet) and > thus clients sharing working copies need to be updated in > lock-step. We know that this is problematic for some users, > however for now that's the situation. > > SVNKit-based Subversion clients should be able to use older > working copy formats. Most Java-based clinets use SVNKit > instead of Subversion (SVNkit is a separate implementation > written in Java, see http://svnkit.com/). > IIRC Jenkins uses SVNKit, so it should be able to work with > working copies in older formats.
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