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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: WARNING! Don't update your local svn repository now!
From:       Bram Moolenaar <Bram () moolenaar ! net>
Date:       2007-05-12 9:24:51
Message-ID: 200705120924.l4C9Op06099917 () moolenaar ! net
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Edward L. Fox wrote:

> On 5/12/07, Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> wrote:
> >
> > Nicolas Weber wrote:
> >
> > > > The directories structure of the Subversion repository has been
> > > > changed. Please use this command to checkout the latest sources:
> > > >
> > > > svn co https://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vim/branches/vim7.1 vim7
> > > >
> > > > If you had checked out a copy of the sources before, please run this
> > > > command in your source root directory to switch into the current
> > > > branch:
> > > >
> > > > svn switch https://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vim/branches/vim7.1
> > >
> > > Can someone update http://www.vim.org/subversion.php to reflect these
> > > changes?
> >
> > I was still discussing what should actually be there, and making sure
> > that SVN contains that.
> >
> > In my opinion "vim7" should get you the latest stable version.  So far
> > that is 7.0.243, thus 7.0 with patches.  As soon as Vim 7.1 is out of
> > beta then "vim7" should get you Vim 7.1.
> >
> > "vim7.1" should get you the latest version of Vim 7.1.  So far that is
> > the beta version.  After the release it will be the stable version, thus
> > the same as "vim7".
> >
> > Still need to check that it actually works this way.
> 
> It's already this way.
> 
> > There might also be other ways to get one of these, but that is less
> > relevant.
> >
> > In my opinion we should keep it easy for the downloader to select one of
> > the available versions.  The download page would only need one or two
> > alternatives.
> >
> > I have never maintained a SVN repository, thus have no idea how
> > difficult or easy these things are!
> 
> I've found an easy way to solve that problem. So now can we can announce?

Great.  Note that Vim 7.1 should go out today (fingers crossed), so be
ready to update it again.

I'll update the subversion page on www.vim.org now.

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