From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9a365c8b397c03a0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!w40g2000hsb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: John Stoneham Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: using svn in GPS on Windows == wonky Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 15:45:35 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <01b6944b-2f40-4acf-b536-485c0c29f005@w40g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> References: <475A77B0.8010201@obry.net> <0adb3565-1032-4db6-a7d1-92e81a0a1903@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <475AA484.1040205@obry.net> <475BC999.300@obry.net> <091655f9-414c-4c53-8e69-e1e0cd1f59e3@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <475C48DE.1060102@obry.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.249.240.70 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1197243935 6870 127.0.0.1 (9 Dec 2007 23:45:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 23:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: w40g2000hsb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=70.249.240.70; posting-account=F5njLwoAAAAE0Pw6hM8zjVHbZpzur9tX User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18841 Date: 2007-12-09T15:45:35-08:00 List-Id: On Dec 9, 1:58 pm, Pascal Obry wrote: > John Stoneham a =E9crit : > > > Wow, I'm sorry but I think that's being a bit cavalier. I see four > > things wrong: 1) the assumption that "most people" using a pre-built, > > native Windows binary of GPS are using cygwin; > > Many people I know are using the binary distribution of GPS but the > first thing they install on their Windows box to start working is > Cygwin. And not only for Subversion, but for ssh, rsync, scp, X11, bash, > xterm, emacs, awk, sed... And not for building GPS but for working on > their daily projects. Good for them. But I doubt this small sample represents the majority of users downloading the pre-built GPL Windows binary. > > > 2) the docs still state > > that "System_Default" is the path_style default when it has been > > changed to "CYGWIN"; > > You are speaking of the value set by default. The doc state the default > value (when no value is specified). The doc is not for the Subversion, > CVS or any other supplied VCS but for writing a new VCS yourself. And > yes when no value is specified then System_Default is used. That's true, > the doc is correct. What do you call the value that is already set when a program is installed? I'd say that's called a "default value", wouldn't you? Regardless, you are saying that the internal "default value", when no value is specified, is deemed to be "System_Default". That sounds like a very important value if it's picked to be the default. But even so, the value as shipped is *not* "System_Default", and there is no documentation to that effect, and no documentation on which file is affected or where it is located. > > > 3) there is nothing in a README file or anywhere > > else that says "If you are not running Cygwin you need to edit > > path_style"; and > > No need for that, see below. Again, this is just being cavalier. See below. > > > 4) there is no option within GPS itself to change it > > (at least not in the most recently-available GPL binary). > > That's indeed the case. In recent version of GPS you can chose the > Subversion mode you want (Cygwin or Native). > There most certainly is a need for it, since the most current binary GPL edition is the one I'm discussing and the one affected. I guess you're speaking of the "Pro" product, or maybe a snapshot build. I'm glad to see the issue has been addressed, even if it's not yet available in the pre-built GPL edition. Evidently I wasn't the only one who had a problem with it.