On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 10:33 AM Daniel Shahaf <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 05:26 +00:00: > > +<div class="notice"> > > +<p><strong>Python is Optional.</strong></p> > > + > > +<p>Note that Subversion does not require Python for its basic > > +operation. If you are not using Subversion's SWIG Python bindings, > > +automated test suite, or other Python-coded tools that ship with > > +Subversion, this change does not affect you.</p> > > Python is required when building from a tag or branch, but not required > when building from a tarball. Should this detail be added? Isn't it more accurate that building from tarball doesn't require Python but building from a working copy (whether from branches/tags or trunk) does? In that case I would change the note to two boxes or two paragraphs in one box: [[[ Note that Subversion does not require Python for its basic operation. In general, if you are not using Subversion's SWIG Python bindings, automated test suite, or other Python-coded tools that ship with Subversion, this change does not affect you. Note about building Subversion: Building from a distribution tarball does not require Python, but building from a checked out source working copy does. ]]] Thoughts? Nathan
