Hi all,
Recently I have had this though. so i wanted to bring it up. I am
thinking there is probably a good reason for not doing this... perhaps
someone just needs to update my memory.
Currently we duplicate configuration directories whenever we create a
new branch. I am wondering it might be better to share them across
branches. The two major benefits i can see would be:
1. We would ensure backwards and forwards compatibility. It seems that
while we keep on adding stuff to the data directory we dont really test
how this will affect people upgrading from a previous data directory.
2. We would minimize duplication in svn 
Just something I was thinking about and thought i would fire it off to
the list. Feel free to poke holes in it :).
-Justin
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Justin Deoliveira
The Open Planning Project
http://topp.openplans.org
Justin Deoliveira ha scritto:
Hi all,
Recently I have had this though. so i wanted to bring it up. I am
thinking there is probably a good reason for not doing this... perhaps
someone just needs to update my memory.
Currently we duplicate configuration directories whenever we create a
new branch. I am wondering it might be better to share them across
branches. The two major benefits i can see would be:
1. We would ensure backwards and forwards compatibility. It seems that
while we keep on adding stuff to the data directory we dont really test
how this will affect people upgrading from a previous data directory.
2. We would minimize duplication in svn
Just something I was thinking about and thought i would fire it off to
the list. Feel free to poke holes in it :).
I agree for cite directories related to old protocols, but it would be bad for the release directory: if we add something that requires a new feature, the old branches would break with it (we are still not good enough to make software that's forward compatible).
I also would like to avoid piecemeal sharing, a data dir should
be entirely shared or not at all, to avoid making up the configuration
directory a tangle of svn links.
My 2 cents 
Cheers
Andrea