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Bug#97234: ITP: Subversion -- An alternative to CVS



On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 10:27:02AM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I plan to package Subversion <URL: http://subversion.tigris.org>
> 
> The goal of subversion is to build a version control system that could
> replace cvs. It will have all the features of CVS and rename of files
> and directories, permisions and other meta information and symbolic
> links. A lot of other features is mentioned on the above website.
> 
> Subversion is licensed under an Apache/BSD-style license.
> 
> I havn't tried it yet. But if it keeps half it's promises it's worth
> tho work.
> 
> 
> I can't find it in the archive or at the wnpp bug page. So it
> shouldn't be ITP'ed yet.
> 

Well, that would be because it doesn't work yet.  Or at least not that
much.  We're going to try to be self-hosting for the next milestone,
which will hopefully be in the near future.  But I wouldn't recommend
packaging anything before then, and maybe not before the first beta
release.  
           
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