Why fetch.type svn installs port:subversion?

[Vitaly Harisov]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:17:11 +0300, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>  
wrote:

>
> On Sep 17, 2009, at 13:54, Vitaly Harisov wrote:
>
>> 'fetch.type svn' installs port:subversion instead of use native MacOSX  
>> SVN client from /usr/bin
>> In the sam time 'port sync' for sources from svn reporitory uses / 
>> usr/bin/svn
>>
>> I see no reason to install port:subversion for 'fetch.type svn' and  
>> propose to remove this dependency.
>
> It was originally implemented to allow the system svn to satisfy the  
> dependency:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/43782
>
> It was changed to require the subversion port so that the --trust- 
> server-cert option which we use would be guaranteed to work:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/54434
>
> Finally, it was changed so that on Snow Leopard, which has a recent- 
> enough svn, the system svn is allowed to be sufficient:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/56160
>
> So, it is correct the way it is now.

When this will be released? I use MacPorts 1.8.0 on Snow Leopard.

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