On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 09:20:35AM -0800, Ben Reser wrote:
> As we approach a 1.9 release (not sure what our time frame for release is but 
> I
> think we were expecting roughly a year in Berlin last year) I think there are
> several issues that need to be discussed and final decisions made.  I don't 
> see
> any of this as a blocker to 1.9.0-alpha1, but they also provide us questions
> that we may want some help from our users in answering.  This are the things
> that come to mind, I may have forgotten some so please add to the list if you
> have things.
> 
> 1) svnauth vs svn auth: Right now it's a separate command.  I believe this
> functionality is a client function.  It really shouldn't be relegated to a
> separate program.  Additionally, the separate command is one letter off from
> the svnauthz program that we already have.  Since this is functionality that 
> is
> entirely client specific and is intended to be used with the command line
> client, I'd argue we should move it into the client as a subcommand.  This is
> going to take some work since svnauth has subcommands already.

My intention is to move into 'svn'. I have started this already but
got side-tracked and didn't get to finish it. I'll try to pick this up.

> 3) Merge tool UI from the conflict resolver.  Trunk currently changes 'm' into
> running the external merge tool first if it exists.  But this eliminates the
> ability to run the internal merge tool directly if you have an external tool
> configured.  I vetoed the backport to 1.8.x, but I don't believe the UI
> concerns I raised have been settled.

That's because of my fix for issue #4426 (r1524145). I'd be fine
with reverting that change if no better solution can be found.

Reply via email to