Subversion 1.4.6 AIX Binaries Available
Sometimes finding open source software for AIX can be a pain. Finding binaries is hard enough, and then they might be out of date. Subversion binaries for AIX have suffered this fate until now and I am proud to announce the availability of Subversion 1.4.6 AIX binaries, a free download from openCollabNet.
These new AIX binaries are a complete Subversion 1.4.6 installation. The server includes support for all repository data stores and all repository access layers. The binaries even ship with Apache 2.2.x modules and the Python language bindings.
You'll notice the binaries do not include the Java, Perl or Ruby bindings. Due to the complexity of building these, we've decided not to ship them in our initial release. The AIX binaries are currently maintained as a community effort, so feel free to join the effort to make the download more complete. If you are interested, visit the AIX section of the SVNbinaries project on openCollabNet. The SVNbinaries project is also where you can find more information on the AIX binaries, like the build instructions and the README. Lastly, the SVNbinaries project is where you can submit feedback and requests, and even get community support.
Some "just curious" questions from one of the Mindless Masses:
1. Is it correct to say that .NET competes with Subversion?
2. Any idea what percent of Java development/maintainance is done on .NET?
3. Do any web developers use Subversion to maintain web content [HTML; Java; whatever.]
4. Does Subversion integrate well with Google Widget Toolbox? [or are Google Widgets preemptively non-collaborative therefore needing little version control?]
Would be interested in any responses, including "have no idea".
harry wertmuller | January 19, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Harry,
Although this is the wrong place to ask, since you're basically hijacking my blog post for unrelated content, here are your answers:
1. No. .NET is a development/application framework while Subversion is a version control system.
2. That question makes no sense.
3. Yes. It's very common.
4. GWT uses Subversion for it's version control system but working well doesn't make sense. GWT is a toolkit for dynamic web applications while Subversion is a version control system. They don't really share any commonalities.
Take care,
Jeremy
P.S. - Next time you have questions related to Subversion, it's better to ask in the forums at http://subversion.open.collab.net
Jeremy Whitlock | January 19, 2008 at 07:56 PM
Thanks for the answers. Since I injected questions in the wrong place, would you care to post something like "Basic questions regarding Subversion or the AIX implementation should be posted on..." ?
harry wertmuller | January 21, 2008 at 07:22 AM
Harry,
Jeremy posted a link in his answer. There are various forums located here where you can ask questions and generally carry on discussions about Subversion:
http://subversion.open.collab.net
If the questions are specifically about the AIX binaries, the best place would be here:
http://svnbinaries.open.collab.net/
Mark
Mark Phippard | January 21, 2008 at 02:37 PM
Very good news. It had been a pain to compile it on our Aix server (and without knowing aix :)), since our sysadmin didn't care about doing it.
I hadn't had the courage to build an apache version to go with it, so that's great your build is containing one.
Something I didn't read clearly in this post: is collabnet going to deliver an Aix version for future svn versions, like 1.5?
Thanks a lot.
Baptiste MATHUS | January 30, 2008 at 07:24 AM
Mathus,
These are maintained by me personally and I do plan on keeping the binary as up to date as time allows. 1.5 binaries will be available when 1.5 is released.
Take care,
Jeremy
Jeremy Whitlock | January 30, 2008 at 07:30 AM