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

[holger krekel]

Hi Guido, 

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:15 +0200, Guido Wesdorp wrote:
> 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...

first feedback (i am not much working currently, am ill/feverish):
tests pass for me on Win XP with svn 1.4.4.  They take 38
seconds instead of 24 on dist, though. 

cheers,

holger