[py-dev] svn st --xml support for py.path - progress

[Guido Wesdorp]

Hi!

Yesterday I had some time to spare so decided to work on using the XML 
output of svn st rather than the text to get py.path.svnwc.status() 
reports. After some refactoring, adding some tests and battling the test 
code a bit, I ended up with something that at least satisfies the tests 
- they all work with the new code, using the old code as fallback if the 
--xml switch gets refused.

I did this on a branch, as at first it seemed like I had to do a lot of 
refactoring of the tests (which I ended up mostly rolling back). The URL 
of this branch is:

https://codespeak.net/svn/py/branch/guido-svnwc-xml-status

Unfortunately I didn't find the time to test on any platform other than 
Linux, using SVN v. 1.3. Therefore I think the code, in its current 
status, shouldn't be merged into the next release branch, or at least 
not without more testing (this also because I have the feeling a lot of 
edge cases aren't covered in the tests). However, what is there should 
be feature-complete...

If people feel like testing, I'd greatly appreciate it... If not, I'll 
do it the first opportunity I have. I think the most important questions 
now are if it works on Windows, and on SVN versions besides 1.3. If 
that's done I think it can be merged into trunk and release branch.

Cheers,

Guido