From users-return-5199-daniel=haxx.se@subversion.apache.org Wed Oct 6 18:49:32 2010 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on giant.haxx.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by giant.haxx.se (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.1) with SMTP id o96GnVN8008541 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:49:32 +0200 Received: (qmail 86485 invoked by uid 500); 6 Oct 2010 16:49:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@subversion.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@subversion.apache.org Received: (qmail 86478 invoked by uid 99); 6 Oct 2010 16:49:23 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:49:23 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of andy.levy@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.43 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.161.43] (HELO mail-fx0-f43.google.com) (209.85.161.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:49:17 +0000 Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so5952028fxm.16 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:48:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=g3fWkPGRx23ULxqEhbTPYyJ6b6g+tiyK0MniKZUzEzY=; b=PMgmC8B7+LIdkK/n4gOwJG/uo2YO1RWqrT7aaW3xb11DMuOCovBRh4g5PmTP7zc7CL Cj/Qz3uDt+597cNX+DHLZ5r/TSOo71U+edBPexdrFGM30fK4Mo83bYBTVPTNiLd+BlLa Q7VmkvoTyELHpeMilxHA5Jy8X9L/M5cAJl6Us= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=nRdCfP7WWK9CrtMgmieYLIfbBMvnsENezqBvID/mrr30epc+G+Ld08r2g/Gje37lFh AcF6pf0+GfJqTRjI+1MkhmrUTSc4psggZSZ0dgYHRW0FT5YTP792sbYXAu5WP9F6b2n3 p+WJsKdxjTCBUxdKVyDyT7KmNCKEOD4h5DGIQ= Received: by 10.239.192.65 with SMTP id d1mr1202119hbi.151.1286383735786; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:48:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.189.140 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:48:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4CACA5C6.2060701@syslang.net> References: <4CACA5C6.2060701@syslang.net> From: Andy Levy Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:48:15 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Question about new server features from 1.2.1 to today To: "Steven W. Orr" Cc: users@subversion.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (giant.haxx.se [80.67.6.50]); Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:49:32 +0200 (CEST) X-Friend: Nope On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:37, Steven W. Orr wrote: > Please be gentle since I'm sort of new at this. > > We are using svn client software that's around the 1.6.6 area, but the > server hasn't been upgraded since the paleolithic era. It sits at 1.2.1. > > I am being asked what the *feature* differences are between the 1.2.1 server > and the latest version. I took a quick poke at the ChangeLog and release > notes, but the ability to see what the differences are at the server side > (versus client) are not clear. > > I see on > > http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/ > > a very concise description of what generally to expect. > > If someone could point me in the right direction (or expound a bit) on what > the server feature side of things look like, that would be very helpful. The release notes really are the best, most concise descriptions. The items that aren't really obvious from the name/description have "(client)" or "(server)" next to them. Most of these can't be described (especially if you want to gain an understanding of what the change means) by a 5-word bullet point.