[mythtv-users] Mythtv Svn revision questions

Derek Meek thekazan at gmail.com
Wed Apr 12 19:40:54 UTC 2006


unlike CVS SVN uses global revision numbers so svn update on all
branches at the same time shuold always result in the same version
number on all branches.

rick wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Please forgive my newbness.  Recently, I decided to look at the SVN
>releases.  After looking on the wiki, I saw there were two recommended
>locations for obtaining myth source updates, namely: trunk &
>release-0-19-fixes.  I decided to pull down both sets.  I figured as a
>general user, the thing I was probably after was the fixes.
>
>After doing an update of the fixes, I saw it display a revision number
>of: 9688.  A few file updates arrived.  For kicks, I decided to also do
>an update of the trunk and got the same revision of: 9688.  However,
>this update caused significantly more files to come down.  I should
>mention that prior to doing these updates, I was at a common revision
>for both code bases.
>
>Questions:
>1) I don't wish to be on the cutting edge, so is release-0-19-fixes the
>one for me?
>2) Why so many difference in file numbers between the "trunk" and the
>release-0-19-fixes at the same revision?
>3) Am I correct in assuming the meaning of what a revision is?  I would
>expect the same files at the same "versions" for a common revision.
>4) How do I see a changelog for the revision?
>
>For what it's worth, I tried look at the trac browser and was a bit
>confused how files related to a revision.
>
>
>Thanks for your patience!
>R
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