On 13-11-18 01:49 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>>> Foreign interfaces, subsystems and ports. >>>> >>>> * "git-svn" used with SVN 1.8.0 when talking over https:// connection >>>> dumped core due to a bug in the serf library that SVN uses. Work >>>> it around on our side, even though the SVN side is being fixed. >>>> ... >>>> * Subversion 1.8.0 that was recently released breaks older subversion >>>> clients coming over http/https in various ways. >>> >>> Isn't this the same as the serf fixes ([1],[2])? If not, what git change is >>> it referring to? >> >> The latter, I think, is 8ac251b6 (git-svn: allow git-svn fetching to >> work using serf, 2013-07-06). Without it we won't even work with >> newer SVN library. >> >> The former I think refers to 73ffac3b (git-svn: fix termination >> issues for remote svn connections, 2013-09-03). Even with the serf >> support, without a work-around, we won't work with serf. >> >> The description can and should be rolled into one, but I am not sure >> what the best wording would be. >> >> Thanks. > > I'd keep them as separate entries, like so: > > * "git-svn" has been taught to use the serf library, which is the > only option SVN 1.8.0 offers us when talking the HTTP protocol. > > * "git-svn" talking over https:// connection using the serf library <pedantic> s/talking over https/talking over an https/ </pedantic> > dumped core due to a bug in the serf library that SVN uses. Work > around it on our side, even though the SVN side is being fixed. Those look good to my layman's eyes. M. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html