SRU request: Subversion 1.5.6 for "jaunty"

[Michael Diers]

Binary package hint: subversion

Please update "jaunty" to Subversion 1.5.6. Debian have it in "squeeze".

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/subversion

There have been a number of important bug fixes since Subversion 1.5.4.

http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/branches/1.5.x/CHANGES

A port to "jaunty" is available for review in my Launchpad PPA.

https://launchpad.net/~mdiers/+archive/ppa

subversion - 1.5.6dfsg-1ubuntu1~ppa1~jaunty1

[Adam Jiang (jiang-adam)]

I need this in my projects. The configuration manager just told me all access comes from old version (< 1.5.6) of subversion client will be denied since June 1st. So I need to update the package. Unfortunately, I can't get get this neither from the official repository or debian packages. Though I have tried to compile subversion from scratch, it doesn't work anyway on Ubunut 9.04 due to Bug #378105
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378105

[Kaihsu Tai (kaihsu)]

Karmic Koala will have 1.6.1 http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/subversion anyway, so why stop at 1.5.6? Let’s ask for 1.6.1 backport for Jaunty Jackalope. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subversion/+bug/382048

[Michael Diers (mdiers)]

This is a SRU (Stable Release Update) request. I don't think it should be considered a duplicate of bug #382048.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

Subversion 1.5.4 is a poor release to ship in jaunty, as is Subversion 1.5.1 in intrepid. Both are quite buggy.

Subversion 1.5.6, however, is the most stable release that is (or was) also available in karmic. Hence it should be strongly considered for SRU, both in jaunty and in intrepid.

I'm well aware of the Subversion 1.6.x series; after all, I do provide backports of Subversion 1.6.3 in my Launchpad PPA:

https://launchpad.net/%7Emdiers/+archive/svn16

Subversion 1.6.1 is not a good candidate for a backport to jaunty, it is buggy for non-trivial use cases.

Subversion 1.6 also mandates a new working copy format that does not jive with existing 1.5.x clients. Thus Subversion 1.6.x cannot be considered for jaunty SRU, AFAICT.