Hi,
as mentioned on IRC already a few weeks ago, I'm about to release a
Windows distribution of Subversion named 'MaxSVN'.
I'm looking here for feedback/concerns/requests/requirements from any of
the Subversion developers for publishing this distribution. Especially
with regards (but not limited) to the readme-file contained in the
distribution and the introduction of the product on the webpage. Please
note that none of your concerns/requests need to be seconded by any
legal statement. Just name whatever you think should be
added/removed/changed and I'll make sure it gets done.
I've put together a sample package of the distribution here:
http://www.luke1410.de/raw/maxsvn/maxsvn_1.10.0.1.zip (Win 64-bit
binaries of the current trunk)
http://www.luke1410.de/raw/maxsvn/maxsvn_1.10.0.1_symbols.zip
(corresponding symbol files)
http://www.luke1410.de/raw/maxsvn/readme.txt (the readme.txt-file as it
is contained in maxsvn_1.10.0.1.zip)
Also the product overview page is set-up with the current draft for your
review: http://www.luke1410.de/typo3/index.php?id=97
A word on MaxSVN:
It's purpose and aim is significantly different from usual distributions
out there and while originally it was just done for my own purposes (as
a sideeffect of building the svn-mergeinfo-normalizer tool), I hope that
the distribution will end-up being useful for the Subversion project as
well as for others out there.
That said, the main purpose of the distribution is:
- to provide others (mainly developers and early adopter enthusiasts)
with the ready to use subversion command line tools
- use the distribution as a test-ground to test Subversion with the
latest build tools and dependencies
- debugable versions (by providing symbol files alongside the releases)
It's important to understand that this distribution is not aiming for
productive use.
The features of the distribution will be:
- using the latest dependencies
- built with the latest build tools
- based on the latest development branches before these are being put
together in a real release
The main gain for the Subversion project I see lies in the automated
build process which will test the latest development sources against the
latest dependencies/build tools so that issues are being identified as
soon as possible and won't make it (unnoticed) into real product releases.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Stefan
