Marius Gedminas wrote at 2009-4-3 01:34 +0300: >On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 07:31:00PM +0100, Chris Withers wrote: >> So, svn.zope.org causes me pain at the moment: >> >> - it uses the bizarre svn or svn+ssh protocols, which I find annoying >> (ports blocked on routers, can't check with a browser, etc) > >+10 for continuing to support svn+ssh, it's the best thing ever! > > * secure (passphrase-protected key) > * convenient (ssh-agent means you only type the passphrase once) > * convenient to use remotely (ssh agent forwarding means I ssh into > a remote server and can use svn without having to store a key or a > password anywhere on that remote server) > >The story may be different for Windows users (as usual). > >+0.5 for alternatively accepting authenticated https access (I'm not the >admin, so it doesn't cost me, but I'm also not going to use it)
Unless newer SVN versions improved on this: using different access protocols is hampered by "svn:external" as they were (still are?) required to be absolute urls (including the protocal). This way, the access protocol may change in between of a checkout (involving "svn:external"s). -- Dieter _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [email protected] http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
