Dear all,
i have SVN server 1.4.x working on production. i want to go ahead and update to 1.6.x
i'm hoping your experience would help me prevent possible downtime.. is there any issues that may arise from updating the SVN server from one version to another on a production server?
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Dear all,
i have SVN server 1.4.x working on production. i want to go ahead and update to 1.6.x
i'm hoping your experience would help me prevent possible downtime.. is there any issues that may arise from updating the SVN server from one version to another on a production server?
I upgraded ours ok with no issues But I¹d like to see what anyone else saysNOTE: The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged, unless stated to the contrary. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate that information. Any opinions or comments are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of Dennis Publishing Ltd. If you have received this email and are not a named addressee, please contact itdirector@dennis.co.uk immediately by reply email and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus, or other defects, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they are virus free and no responsibility is accepted by Dennis Publishing Ltd for any loss or damage arising from the receipt or use thereof. Company registered in England No. 1138891 Registered office: 30, Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JD
Matt Keating wrote:
Dear all,
i have SVN server 1.4.x working on production. i want to go ahead and update to 1.6.x
i'm hoping your experience would help me prevent possible downtime.. is there any issues that may arise from updating the SVN server from one version to another on a production server?
I upgraded ours ok with no issues But I¹d like to see what anyone else
Rpmforge has 1.6.x packages that work well, but be careful what else you update from there to avoid conflicts. If you use viewvc, it has to come from the same repository and epel may have a higher version number.
You shouldn't have any problem upgrading the server side and it will be backwards compatible with older clients, but you should be aware that when you use an upgraded client it will modify the working copy format in place so that you can't go back to an older client without doing a fresh checkout. That can be a problem if you use a mix of command line and GUI clients. Also you don't get all of the new merge tracking features unless you use newer clients as well.
-- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Les Mikesell wrote:
Matt Keating wrote:
Dear all,
i have SVN server 1.4.x working on production. i want to go ahead and update to 1.6.x
You shouldn't have any problem upgrading the server side and it will be backwards compatible with older clients, but you should be aware that when you use an upgraded client it will modify the working copy format in place so that you can't go back to an older client without doing a fresh checkout. That can be a problem if you use a mix of command line and GUI clients. Also you don't get all of the new merge tracking features unless you use newer clients as well.
My experience is in line with Les' advice: you'll have a harder time on the client side than on the server. It's an especially difficult issue if several different machines share a filesystem containing repository working directories. (Getting CentOS and Debian to work and play well with SVN trees in an environment with a central /home mount is *fun*!)
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