On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 11:19 -0400, Jesse Vincent wrote:
> ["branch" feature]
This sounds very useful. Is the SVK paradigm changing so that online
use is assumed, and offline is a mode to switch to temporarily? I'm
used to thinking of SVK in one two ways:
1. As a better SVN client for normal always-online use
2. As a full-time disconnected client, with rare online use
to merge back to the SVN master
Is this new branch mode intended to generalize and replace the above
two? Or is it a third use case entirely?
> If this seems appealing, I'm sure I could get some clkao cycles if
> there's more you folks need.
My biggest request (which you may or may not have any influence over) is
better distro packaging. Both Debian and rpmforge have gone through
periods where SVK was completely fubar. In fact, earlier this year
Debian screwed up their SVK package to the point of "helpfully"
uninstalling it and making it impossible to reinstall. And when the
replacement finally came, after a very long wait, it crashed all over
the place. I avoided data loss by the skin of my teeth. That whole
situation is what made me try git-svn -- I didn't have another decent
choice for disconnected Parrot work.
Anyway, applying some resources here and there to help the distro
packagers may have a big positive effect on the SVK user base.
-'f
