[ale] Upgrading from svn 1.6.18 to 1.7.x on Fedora

[JD]

On 06/24/2012 09:58 AM, Michael Potter wrote:
> All,
> 
> I ended up installing svnkit:
> http://svnkit.com/
> 
> It is a java based svn client.  I downloaded the .jar files and used their
> wrapper script.
> 
> The wrapper script has the same command line as svn, but is named jsvn.
> 
> I was already using svnkit installed into eclipse, so this was a natural
> fit for my case.
> 
> That solves my immediate problem, but I would still like to know the best
> way to update packages that are not in software installer.  Do I have to
> resort to compiling code?

I guess you didn't think about using "git" with the built-in SVN connector?
Git "speaks" to SVN for you, so you don't have to deal with it.

This link to Pro-Git (fantastic book) explains.
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-and-Other-Systems-Git-and-Subversion