On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Johan Corveleyn <jcor...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... > For instance, we could simply package two set of binaries/libraries in > one package (the 1.8.0 version together with 1.7.x (taken from the > corresponding tag)), and implement a main wrapper that delegates > everything to the appropriate version. The 1.8.0 code doesn't need to > care about the 1.7-compat stuff, we just have a dispatcher and package > the old code together with it. I'm just fantasizing of course, for > illustrative purposes only :-). But ... it depends. Anyone have a > creative idea how this could technically be done and what the pros and > cons would be?
Or some third-party could just do this, and we wouldn't have to mess with it at all. If there is a demand, somebody will step up and do it, but I don't think we (as the Apache Subversion project) should too much about it. -Hyrum
