-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Loïc Minier wrote: > clone 414564 -1 > retitle -1 .svn/deb-layout overrides all settings and renders them useless > stop > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007, Eddy Petrișor wrote: >>> I don't know what you mean by "override the settings in the repo". > [...] >>> Next, I think it makes sense to have global settings and settings at >>> the WC and repository levels, and it makes sense to be able to override >>> the settings of the repository per WC (and not the contrary) and the >>> global settings by the other levels. >> (I see now that you are using the word override with the same >> meaning as the one I intended ;-). > > (My problem was with "in the repo", which could mean all three of the > SVN properties, the debian/svn-deblayout file, and .svn/deb-layout. I > prefer using WC for the .svn/deb-layout file.)
I see, I was refering to the stuff that is somehow mirrored on the server (or will be), so any of those sources except the .svn/deb-layout may enter that category. (note: any property of the form "svn-bp:* will be imported and is valid, there aren't only three of them) >> This would also mean that svn-bp would be slower :-( sice would do >> the processing everytime the package is built. > > I don't think this is something to optimize for; this won't take more > than seconds; in comparisons to building a .diff.gz or starting a > pbuilder, this is nothing. good point, sometimes I forget this kind of things :-) >> What do you think about an option to do what you describe on request? >> So you will do: >> svn-buildpackage --svn-reconfigure >> when you change the overrides or you want to import settings from >> the properties... > > Unfortunately, that's not anywhere close to what I want. I want all my > working copies to be affected when I change the global settings to > match my needs. I want all people sharing the same repository to use > the tagUrl definition when I add it. I don't want to have to do two > operations just to change settings -- what if I forget? Fair enough... this is a legal use case and, if I think of it, I could find it useful myself within DGT. Do have a patch :-D ? - -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF9bpuY8Chqv3NRNoRApOtAJ4vHQj7mOJAshxMIN5INIz14NLLOACglCfG uVWQOHXIyz+sFr9Wt7lK48E= =MraO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
