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List:       subversion-issues
Subject:    [Issue 4589] New - Subversion build process too brittle and interdependent.
From:       garretwilson () tigris ! org
Date:       2015-08-16 2:57:36
Message-ID: iz4589 () subversion ! tigris ! org
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http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4589
                 Issue #|4589
                 Summary|Subversion build process too brittle and interdependen
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               Component|subversion
                 Version|1.9.x
                Platform|All
                     URL|
              OS/Version|All
                  Status|NEW
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|DEFECT
                Priority|P4
            Subcomponent|install
             Assigned to|issues@subversion
             Reported by|garretwilson






------- Additional comments from garretwilson@tigris.org Sat Aug 15 19:57:36 -0700 2015 -------
Having worked with Subversion since almost the very beginning, let me say this:
the Subversion build procedure is the most brittle process with inter-connected
dependencies I have ever seen. It takes me days just to update to the latest
Whatsit, which in turn must have the latest Whichisit installed. Nothing ever
works with the latest version available for CentOS, so one winds up building
half the OS from the original source just to get a tiny component needed by
Subversion. I've had some Subversion builds I never could get working, and had
to wait several months and then just download the tarball.

In fact I couldn't even get HTTP(S) support for Subversion 1.9---and that's
wasting half the day trying. See Issue 4588.

I'm posting this bug to be helpful, to provide feedback from a user who was once
a huge fan of Subversion and who has been using it from the start. I'm not
looking for an argument; if you don't agree, you can mark this issue as invalid
and go on. But I'll be happy the day (soon, I hope) that I get Subversion off my
server and never have to spend days trying to build it again.

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