Re: Subversion 1.15.0-rc2 up for testing/signing

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 29. 6. 2026 20:48, Evgeny Kotkov via dev wrote:
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> Evgeny Kotkov <[email protected]> <[email protected]> writes:
>
> [...]
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> 2) The venv-related issues when running the test suite on Windows.
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>    Based on the description, this appears to be a regression from 1.14.5.
>
> Work and discussion on this topic are still ongoing on the ^/branches/
> xml-schema-validation-improvements/ branch.
>
> [...]
>
> That leaves (2) as the only remaining item.
>
> From the RM perspective, I'd lean toward reverting the XML schema validation
> from the 1.15.x branch so we can roll RC3, and finalizing the validation
> work on trunk on its own schedule.
>
> Thoughts on this?
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>
>
I think it would be a lot better to try to make a release with the
functionality we're certain is safe to include in a new release. I can't
say that about the XML schema validation. If the branch fixes some concerns
that we had doesn't mean we won't have more issues with it. I suggest we
remove it completely and instead roll it in 1.16.

Already the entire community spent a lot of effort to "fix" this
functionality. This is an indicator that it's not ready for a release.

I suggest we revert it completely and go with what Evgeny proposes.



>
> As far as I'm aware, that branch is essentially done. Leaving this out
> again will mean another N years of not validating XML output in the tests
> of a published release.
>

We also didn't have a minor release in more than 5 years. Which is far more
important than verifying XML schemas. Also since we already do that in the
trunk I don't think it's worth it.

I also still believe there might be that time when we can have a more
consistent and frequent release cycle in which this isn't a big deal... The
more stuff we have in the trunk the faster we have 1.16.

Otherwise I could also complain about utf8-cmdline and we'd never have it
out.

-- 
Timofei Zhakov