Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:24:12 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Request for comments - svnup in base ? Message-ID: <CAE63ME7Qv-99-3OvCnj3gm4-4rHrO2cGjVvQOPBvuO-JNSi5Yg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 16 January 2015 at 16:31, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 554, Issue 5, Message: 17 > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:46:11 +0100 Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: > > > Do not bother compiling the whole subversion suite, svnup does the job. > > Absolutely. I'm amazed svnup(1) hasn't had more exposure. Developers > need svn of course, but for occasional or periodic source upgrades (svn, > http or https protocols) it works fine if somewhat slower than svn, is > seriously lightweight for smaller systems, not least because it saves > needing double diskspace for /usr/src and, if you use svn not portsnap > for ports, /usr/ports. > On a related topic, how would you guys feel about svnup being part of BASE ? Or perhaps, include a bootstrap install much like pkg has. I for one, would very much like it.
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