> > I was planning on a straight copy. Copies are cheap, handling all > the externals seems more work for... nothing? Are copies of binary data cheap? My understanding is that when it comes to binary data all the fancy tricks go out the window.
But yeah, I guess past that the only benefit is keeping things in sync. Like if we change some data in the release config it gets propogated without any additional work. Anyways, I don't have a strong opinion. Do whatever you feel is right :). For example, what if > I want to add some extra data? To allow for that I would have to > use as externals only small sub-parts of the configuration, for example, > data/nyc but not data, and featureTypes/states but not featureTypes... > > What are the extra advantages of svn:external over a plain copy (if > you don't plan to exactly mirror what you're copying)? > Cheers > Andrea > -- Justin Deoliveira OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Enterprise support for open source geospatial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
