svn-export Re: svn bdb checkout?

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013, Xyne wrote:

> I'm the author of svn-export. I haven't really touched the code since I wrote
> it in 2009 and back then I tended to write most things in noobish Perl.
> Although it should not be difficult to replace threading with forking (and I
> agree that Perl threading is generally to be avoided), I think I would rather
> just rewrite it cleanly in Python. Among other things it will simplify argument
> parsing and subprocess invocation via standard library functions.
>
> This would be in Python 3 but I could try to restrict it to be compatible with
> Python 2 if necessary.
>
> Would that be better than patching/porting the current Perl version? If so then
> I will put it on my todo list, but I am unlikely to have any time in the coming
> weeks to work on it.

A working version in any language would be great.  A better version in 
Python would be nice, too, but it's the working part that's important.

> Incidentally, when looking at the code now I noticed that there were some SVN
> options missing. I have added those in today's release.
>
> Regards,
> Xyne
>
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