On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Johan Corveleyn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Paul Burba <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> checkout_tests.py 14: 'checkout from the root of a Windows drive' >> fails for all permutations tested. In his test results Johan >> mentioned that he saw the same thing and it was due to "test suite >> problem because of backported r1518184 which relies on newer test >> suite features". I didn't investigate what those features were, but I >> did confirm via ad hoc testing that 1.7.14 can properly checkout a >> repository from the root of a Window's drive. I'm satisfied this is a >> problem with the test suite, not Subversion. > > I was maybe a bit terse when I mentioned "test suite features". > > For the record: apparently the test backported in r1538135 depended on > svntest.actions.run_and_verify_checkout being able to handle None as > expected working copy, which seems to be a new feature of the test > suite in 1.8+. > > Bert has already fixed the test and nominated for backport [1], and > Ben even called out the fact that it would be a good idea to vote for > it before cutting the 1.7.14 release [2] (sorry ... didn't get to it).
Thanks for the explanation Johan. It's been several months since I've been involved in Subversion on a day-to-day basis, so I missed this. > [1] http://svn.apache.org/r1539388 > > [2] http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2013-11/0058.shtml > > -- > Johan -- Paul T. Burba CollabNet, Inc. -- www.collab.net -- Enterprise Cloud Development Skype: ptburba
