M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> AFAIK, this is a first in the Python repository. Not
> sure if it's such a good idea. Branching and tagging
> doesn't work with external resources in Subversion,
> so things can become inconsistent.
>
> Also, what if you break the code in the berlios repo
> or the server is not reachable ? A release copy in the
> external/ dir would solve all these issues.

using svn:external is usually a lousy idea.  using it in a public repository
is a really, really, really lousy idea.

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