Re: [Savannah-help-public] subversion support any ETA yet?

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 12:09:38PM +0200, Erk wrote:
> I know you were asked the question several time
> and the answer was all the same that no ETA yet,
> but I would like to tell that we (https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tsp)
> are very pleased to be hosted by Savannah from more than 3 years now.
> 
> But we are now thinking of some rework of our CVS tree, because
> from time to time we think its needed.
> (We already have spurious empty directories)
> 
> Now the trouble is, we know we have to rename a lot of directories
> and files, split-up some modules etc...
> 
> We may think a lot about it and do it and start over a new clean
> CVS tree but:
>    1) we lose history
>    2) it may be necessary again in 3 years :))
> 
> So we are really thinking of changing hosting because of the lack
> of svn support. I do not tell this for "enforcing" you like
> "ah ah if we don't get SVN we go away".
> That's really not the point, since
>    * we are VERY pleased with the service
>    * Savannah philisophy is just fine for us etc...
>    * we are so small regarding other projects
>      that it would just be ridiculous.
> 
> The point is, it is a real need.
> Do you think the ETA for SVN support on Savannah is more like
> 6 monthes or 2 years?

I'd say something in-between :) I wrote a more detailed answer for
everyone to read at http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/WhenSvN

By the way, did you consider using Arch?

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Sylvain