Not on Mac anymore unless you want to install or already have homebrew, macports, or Fink. Xcode does not come with SVN anymore. There are some commercial versions available though that also include cli tools (and when I last checked had licensing terms for the free versions that I could not agree with).
But the main advantage of using git imho is the support for pull requests and code reviews. I think the entry for possible new contributors is also easier with a tool most developers are already familiar with. > Am 17.06.2025 um 11:02 schrieb stanton fisque <sfis...@gmail.com>: > > TBH svn clients are easy to get. > > but that's not a good reason to stick with svn. a move to git would probably > revitalize the ci/cd pipeline for this project. the only real problem i > see, is who wants to spend the effort to move the repo history over. > > > Stanton Fisque > principal technologist > latticeware.com > portland, oregon > >> On Jun 16, 2025, at 19:36 PM, Axel Howind <a...@dua3.com> wrote: >> >> Definitely move to GitHub and not create another workaround workflow to keep >> SVN alive. Tools drop SVN support (I think most already have), and just >> getting a working SVN client is not as easy as it should be (probably >> depends on platform). >> >>>> Am 17.06.2025 um 02:47 schrieb PJ Fanning <fannin...@apache.org>: >>> >>> I would support moving to git. >>> GitHub CI has started working on our GitHub mirror. For ages, only >>> commits to the trunk branch triggered jobs but now we are seeing PRs >>> lead to jobs triggering. >>> Our main CI jobs are on https://ci-builds.apache.org/ though. >>> >>>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 at 20:11, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Devs, >>>> >>>> Over the weekend I saw PJ was triaging some PRs from a contributor, and >>>> thought I would take a look at some of the older ones and do some triage. >>>> Because of the fact that GitHub.com/apache/poi is git mirror of svn I was >>>> unable to close these PRs. I can close these issues from a svn commit >>>> message: >>>> >>>> svn ci -m ‘closes #123, closes #345’ >>>> >>>> Here’s the GH docs about the commit message: >>>> https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/using-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue#linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue-using-a-keyword >>>> >>>> If there are no objections I’ll create a file called `.svn-gh-pr-closer`, >>>> append notes, and commit messages. >>>> >>>> The alternative would be to migrate over to GitHub. One prospective way to >>>> start would be to add CI workflows to GH. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Dave >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org
