[Python-Dev] Subversion

[Bob Ippolito]

On Sep 7, 2004, at 4:51 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
>> (I'm really looking forward to Subversion 1.1; all the advantage of 
>> Subversion, without the disadvantage of Berkeley DB...!)
>
> What *is* the disadvantage of Berkeley DB that the file storage of
> svn 1.1 will remove? One of the things that you could do in CVS that
> you can't easily do because of the DB approach is to ultimately
> remove a file, along with its entire history (by removing the ,v file).
> Along with that goes the option of moving part of a repository into
> another repository.

The biggest complaint I've heard, and I believe the reason for the 
optional alternative database implementation in 1.1,  is that the 
Berkeley DB must be on a single local volume.

-bob