Checkout exclude pattern

[Ds Jstc]

 I use subversion to remotely participate in a project with gigs of 
frequently-changing files that never affect me, mostly images and 
localizations.

Subversion would be perfect for me if only svn checkout had a sticky 
--exclude option analagous to the current working of sparse 
directories.  No, --set-depth itself doesn't do what I want, there are 
several thousand directories, and I need the entire tree.

Could I please get a few hundred "me too" replies so I can make it an 
official feature request?