When I added the buildNumber plugin to CP22, it seemed that it would be best to use the "svnjava" provider, as that works even if the user does not have a command-line svn client installed.
However, since then, the SVN working copy format has changed, and the svnjava provider relies on SVNkit which does not yet support the new WC format. Unfortunately, the buildnumber plugin does not support overriding the provider via a property, only via POM configuration. I've updated CP in SVN to allow the provider to be overridden on the command-line. The question is: what should the default setting be? Is it safe to assume that most Commons Developers (particularly RMs) have an SVN command-line client installed? If so, then perhaps a better default would be to use that, but still allow override via a property. Or maybe a Maven guru can describe how to detect if the svn command-line client is present (this must be reliable, and work across all OSes). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
