On Saturday 26 December 2009 18:08:15 Branko Čibej wrote: > Every couple of years someone comes up with a proposal like this, and it > usually ends with a client-side hooks idea. Beh. Subversion is a version > control system, not a build systam. If you want "current global > revision" to label your builds, use Hudson or Buildbot or the dozon > other build automation systems that are integrated with Subversion.
I don't see a mandatory connection to a build system here. There could also be static HTML content be managed by the VCS, which doesn't require any build facility at all. You can deny it as much as you want, but the frequency of people coming up with this feature request shows that a lot of people see this obligation of version number substitution on VCS side. > P.S.: And if you're worried about inadequately labelled developer builds > escaping into the wild, you have much bigger problems in your software > development process than just the absence of a global revision number > keyword. Right, the problem are the people, not the machines... The bigger a project, the more policies and people are involved, they come and leave, and chances rise exponentially that some of those forget or simply ignore a certain policy. Sorry, was not my intention to start some kind of "philosophical" thread here. Anyway, ... as far as I can see it now, there doesn't seem to be a real acceptance of having this feature in subversion. If I'm wrong, tell me how you guys would like this feature to be implemented. Otherwise sorry for disturbing you. CU Christian
