On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:31:47PM -0500, Bob Archer wrote: > > We are planning to upgarde Subversion from 1.4.2 to 1.4.9. But i > > have a couple of questions regarding this. > > 1)what are the changes in 1.4.9 from 1.4.2 in terms of release > > notes? > > 1.4 is very out of date. That's probably why you can't find the release notes.
Elaborate release notes for every release can be found here: http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/ The list of changes for every release is here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/CHANGES > You strongly should consider upgrading to 1.6.latest. Yes. 1.4.x is not supported anymore by the Subversion project. > > 2)The ove needs a dump and load of repository or does the existing > > repository upgrade as soon as the server \ client on the system is > > upgraded .. meaning new binary is used ?? > > When going from 1.4.x to 1.4.y there is no change to the repository format. > So, just put in the new binary and away you go. > > If you do go up to 1.5 or 1.6 then you can either do a dump / load sequence > (usually recommended) or you can run svnadmin upgrade. That's correct. And the release notes for each release document this in detail. Stefan
