[PD-dev] CVS to SVN ?

[Winfried Ritsch]

Am Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2007 11:54 schrieb IOhannes m zmoelnig:
> Russell Bryant wrote:
> > While svn:externals is certainly handy, it's something to only use where
> > it makes sense.  If a certain set of externals is primarily developed
> > elsewhere, then it probably does make sense to use it.  But, it comes
> > down to depending on one of two factors:
> >
> > 1) You don't maintain any changes that aren't made in the upstream
> > repository.
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2) You are able to have your own branch in the upstream repository to
> > maintain your changes.
> >
> > If neither 1 or 2 is true, then svn:externals does not make sense.
>
> 3) the "upstream repository" can really be the same repository.
> you can use svn:extenals to re-organize a part of the repository to fit
> your special needs (e.g. have a flat hierarchy for easy-built in
> pd-extended)
>
> (you can also do this with "symlinks" (on an svn-level), but i think
> this makes things more complicated (e.g. you must have checked out the
> entire tree on filesystems that support symlinks))
>
>
Yes in fact this was my intention also, if we build a pd-dist for special 
projects, we just make a collection of the needed parts with svn:externals 
either with a special revision of the part or the head, a branch or tag. So 
it easy for everybody to do so.

mfg winfried ritsch