FYI, Cornerstone released an update that includes 1.7 compatibility today.
On Feb 9, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Quinn Taylor wrote: > My guess was that Oliver may have meant using the SVN libraries via API, > rather than wrapping and parsing output from the command-line binary. My > understanding is that SVN only adds API variants and never takes away old > ones, so backwards compatibility is preserved. Now, linking against the > default version that ships with OS X wouldn't solve this problem, because > it's still 1.6. in Lion. (Fortunately for me, I'm not in a position of > requiring 1.7 yet, although some of the new features like WC-NG will be very > nice when they arrive.) Dynamically detecting and linking against > user-installed versions (e.g. CollabNet, MacPorts, Fink) in /usr/local or > /opt would be tricky at best, and impossible at worst. I can certainly > understand the challenge of adapting to the new API. That being said, I do > agree with a few others that a little more information would be welcome. I > personally wouldn't expect a promise of a given date (as I can understand the > awkward position of promising a date and then having to slip), but > occasionally providing users with some details of progress would be awesome. > > - Quinn > > On Feb 9, 2012, at 12:37 AM, Nathaniel Irons wrote: > >> Hi Oliver, >> >> Graphical clients like Versions aren't wrappers around the Subversion >> command-line tools. The command-line tools and GUI clients are each >> consumers of the Subversion APIs, and the Subversion 1.7 APIs represent >> their biggest overhaul to date. It's not a case of just recompiling and >> sending it out the door. >> >> The Cornerstone people had a good blog post a few months ago addressing some >> of these same issues: >> http://www.zennaware.com/blog/2011/12/taking-the-time-to-get-it-right/ >> >> Thanks, >> >> -nat >> >> On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Oliver Georgi wrote: >> >>> This is an annoying problem for me too. I cannot understand why >>> Versions does not use the command line version of SVN as detected and >>> listed in the preferences and/or why it is so hard to keep Versions in >>> step with current SVN development. SVN 1.7 is no new thing. >>> >>> On 8 Feb., 20:58, Nathaniel Irons <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Ron, >>>> >>>> Sorry to hear about your shared-repository trouble. It is indeed an >>>> increasingly frequent problem, and situations like that make it difficult >>>> to implement the workaround of checking out a clean 1.6 working copy. >>>> >>>> Subversion 1.7 support is still very much on the list for Versions' >>>> future, and we're working on it, but it's a major change to the >>>> underpinnings. We've learned the hard way that software projects get into >>>> trouble by pre-announcing ship dates or release details, so I'm afraid we >>>> don't have anything concrete to disclose. >>>> >>>> Apologies/thanks, >>>> >>>> -nat >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Nathaniel Irons >>>> Quality Assurer >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> On Feb 7, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Ron Stewart wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> @mac joost: Just curious where you got a v1.7 version of svn CLI for Mac? >>>>> Near as I can tell, the only stuff available from Apple is still v1.6. >>>>> Are you running something from MacPorts? >>>> >>>>> I just got bit by a shared working copy on our acceptance server that a >>>>> Windows-based co-worker updated with his v1.7 SVN client... >>>> >>>>> @Nathaniel: How about a status update on Versions supporting 1.7? The >>>>> more time passes, the more frequent this is going to become for those of >>>>> us living in mixed environments. >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> /ron >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Versions" group. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web >>>>> visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/versions/-/jnva4LF05hkJ. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group >>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> smime.p7s >>>> 6KAnzeigenHerunterladen >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Versions" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en. >>> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en.
