Subversion 1.1 released
Ben Reser sent word to the mailing list that Subversion 1.1 was just released. It contains many small bug fixes, and a few new features. The biggest one is "Non-database repositories":
It's now possible to create repositories that don't use a BerkeleyDB database. Instead, these new repositories store data in the ordinary filesystem. Because Subversion developers often refer to the repository as "The Filesystem", we have adopted the rather confusing habit of referring to these new repositories as "fsfs" repositories… that is, a Filesystem implementation that uses the OS filesystem to store data.
Also, symlinks can be versioned as well. Renamed files are traced better, support for localized messages (aka I18N), speed improvements, and "sharable working copies" — which I don't quite understand. It sounds like a feature that really defeats the purpose of version control.
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