Re: Re: [OGo-Users] SkySvnRepositoryPath

Olivier Hallot wrote:
> I have a more global question:
> 
> Is subversion bounded to code development or can it be of general 
> purpose file storage with versionning.

The latter. Subversion would be a great document storage backend.

> In other words, what will be the 
> advantages from the joe-six-pack-user perspective of using SVN instead 
> of the Projects application?.

You mean what is the advantage over the DB backend. You would access Svn 
using the regular Projects application.

Pro DB:
- very fast searches on large attribute sets

Contra DB:
- slow access to FS metadata (filenames etc)

Pro Svn:
- can use all the external tools for Svn (like Tortoise Svn or the
   Svn Finder integration)
- versioned properties
- versioned trees (hierarchy changes etc are versioned!)
- commit logs
- per-line change tracking on plaintext like files
- working copies
- branch merging
- multiple checkout / merge model (instead of locking)
- direkt WebDAV access to repository head
- multiple backends (FS, BDB)
- multiple access protocols (FS, SSH, Apache)
etc

Contra Svn:
- major new dependencies (eg APR is required)

Subversion provides a lot of very interesting capabilities which are 
would be great addons for the project application.

Greets,
   Helge

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