[Goodies-dev] Thunar svn plugin

Stephan Arts psybsd at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 20:35:26 CET 2007


On 3/19/07, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> Peter de Ridder wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As some of you might already have seen.
> > I have started working on a svn plugin for thunar.
> > My goal is to make it quite simalar to TortoiseSVN.
> >
> > I have run into a design issue and I would like some input from other
> > people.
> > When a svn command is selected, I have 2 options to handle them, as I see
> > it.
> > 1. Implement them directly into the plugin using libsvn-1
> > 2. Let another procces/application handle the actions.
> >
> > Some pros and cons i could think of:
> > 1. This could bock whole thunar.
> >    When thunar is quit so is all the svn stuff, like logs.
> > 2. This would mean duplicate code.
> >    Litle slower.
> >    Again another app.
> >
> > I prefer option 2.
> > In that case I have a few quections.
> > Should the app be part of the plugin or a stand alone project?
> > What should the app be called? I find names like gsvn, xsvn, xfsvn, tsvn a
> > bit dull.
> > I'm thinking of making the app command-line compatible with svn
> >
> > I like to hear what you think :)
>
> The second one is definitely the better choice. You don't need to make
> that a separate standalone application, just a program that is invoked
> by the plugin with the appropriate parameters.

Like svn itself?

Regards,

Stephan



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