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Luigi Ballabio

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Alan King-2

Re: Subversion

COIN-OR ported from cvs to svn recently. I think the port went smoothly. It seems to be a worthwhile change, with one caveat.

There is a new concept in svn called "properties". It can be difficult to understand and manage, IMHO. (I've been bitten a few times.) Properties are "ant-like", so like ant, once set they are not overwritten. Anytime you feel like an update didn't take effect then you suspect a properties problem. The issue arises when you don't get that feeling, updates did take effect, and have created bugs you can't detect until you update your properties :-(.

Properties are used for project dependencies, among other things. This means that with svn it is even more important to perform a "new user download and build" test. Your properties settings might block you from seeing a bug in the default dependencies.

COIN-OR has some project manager info and tips on https://projects.coin-or.org/BuildTools/wiki/pm-main

Alan

Alan King
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Subject	[Quantlib-dev] Subversion

Hi all, we're thinking of moving the QuantLib repository from CVS to Subversion shortly. Thoughts anyone? Words of warning? Thanks, Luigi ---------------------------------------- Olmstead's Law: After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ QuantLib-dev mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/quantlib-dev

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