Author: danielsh
Date: Tue May 17 08:34:07 2011
New Revision: 1104049
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1104049&view=rev
Log:
* /site/publish/faq.html
(#working-copy-format-change): Update for 1.7.
Modified:
subversion/site/publish/faq.html
Modified: subversion/site/publish/faq.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/faq.html?rev=1104049&r1=1104048&r2=1104049&view=diff
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--- subversion/site/publish/faq.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/faq.html Tue May 17 08:34:07 2011
@@ -3992,7 +3992,13 @@ might be lost, possibly causing corrupti
href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2961"; >issue
#2961</a>, for example).</p>
-<p>But this automatic upgrade behavior can be annoying, if you just
+<p>Subversion 1.7.0 and newer will not upgrade working copies unless
+you explicitly ask them to do so. (Upgrading the working copies is, however,
+required; Subversion 1.7.0 cannot operate on working copies created or used
+by earlier Subversions.)<p>
+
+</p>Subversion 1.6.x and earlier automatically upgrade working copies when
+they first touch them. This behavior can be annoying, if you just
want to try out a new release of Subversion without installing it
permanently. For this reason, we distribute a script that can
downgrade working copies when doing so is safe:</p>
@@ -4004,7 +4010,10 @@ href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/su
</blockquote>
<p>Run that script with the "<tt>--help</tt>" option to see how to use
-it. As future versions of Subversion are released, we will try to
+it. (It can downgrade 1.6.x working copies to formats usable by Subversion
+1.4.x and 1.5.x, but cannot downgrade 1.7.x working copies.)</p>
+
+<p>As future versions of Subversion are released, we will try to
keep this FAQ entry up-to-date with potential downgrade scenarios and
their implications.</p>
