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Re: Subversion repository layout



Julian Mehnle wrote:
> tools/ contains only the dh-make-perl package.  Why is this even in tools/ 
> rather than packages/ (resp. {trunk,tags,branches}/)?  Is its status 
> really special enough to warrant this?

I didn't realize that. I agree, it should be in trunk after the reorg.
Maybe trunk/tools/?

> > [...]
> > branches/
> > 	upstream/
> > 		libalias-perl/
> > 			2.32/
> > 			current/
> > 		...
> > 		soap-lite/
> > 			0.68/
> > 			current/
> 
> Why branches/upstream/<package> instead of branches/<package>/upstream?  
> Not that I care a lot, but I'm interested.

That seems to be what svn-update expects, based on my reading of its
code. (I've never actually used it, and will have to update my own
svn-uupdate script to support this location.) It's also the paths
svn-inject sets up.

> Can you tell about when, or will you send another notice to the list before 
> making the switch?

Yes, I'll pick a time so commits etc can be made ahead of time.

Still need to make sure all the tools are 100% there.

-- 
see shy jo

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