I know we have done work in recent versions so that you can compile SVN on Windows using just the freely available Windows SDK. Note that Microsoft is changing things so that this will no longer be possible. This is just a heads-up for anyone who is currently relying on that option.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8/ You can still build SVN with a licensed version of Visual Studio, but the free SDK option will cease to be an option, at least with the newer SDK. -- Thanks Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/
