[Python-Dev] r42015 - peps/trunk (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Jan 12 17:53:13 CET 2006

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

AFAIK, this is a first in the Python repository. Not sure if it's such a good idea. Branching and tagging doesn't work with external resources in Subversion, so things can become inconsistent.

Also, what if you break the code in the berlios repo or the server is not reachable ? A release copy in the external/ dir would solve all these issues.

using svn:external is usually a lousy idea. using it in a public repository is a really, really, really lousy idea.

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