Subversion 1.4 has been released. The 1.4 client is allegedly
significantly faster for certain operations, such as status (even if
the server is older).
Here are release notes:
<http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.4_releasenotes.html>
***** Quoting from this document:
Older clients and servers interoperate transparently with 1.4 servers
and clients. Of course, some of the new 1.4 features may not be
available unless both client and server are the latest version. There
is no need to dump and reload your repositories; Subversion 1.4 can
read repositories created by earlier versions. To upgrade an existing
installation, just install the newest libraries and binaries on top
of the older ones.
***** end quote
In other words, you may upgrade your subversion client (and the lsst
archive maintainers may upgrade the lsstarchive server), whenever you
wish.
However, if several people are sharing the same working copy, or if
you use more than one client, beware that the subversion 1.4 client
uses a different (more efficient!) format for your working copy. The
1.4 client will automatically update your working copy when first
run, but then you cannot use that working copy with older clients. Of
course you can always check out another working copy.
-- Russell
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