[Python-Dev] Admin access using svn+ssh

[skip@pobox.com]

    >> I think until this experiment is over and we have really and truly
    >> migrated to svn I will simply let other people fuss with things.

    Martin> Well, you are not required to understand it, but you should try
    Martin> to use it. 

Good point.

    Martin> Just check out
    Martin> svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk/Misc, and see
    Martin> whether this works.

It worked.  I made a trivial change to Misc/NEWS and checked it in.  I then
ran "svn blame NEWS" to see what it showed.  This took approximately
forever.  Can I assume this is one thing svn is always going to be pretty
slow at?  I use cvs annotate frequently.  Is there a faster alternative in
svn to identify who did what?

I notice that you use my real name (including spaces).  I doubt we have any
code that munches on annotated listings, but it seems that for the sake of
script writers' sanity it would be better to elide spaces or replace them
with underscores so the annotated user is a single "word":

     40555 Skip Montanaro ++++++++++++
     28675  montanaro Python News
     40555 Skip Montanaro ++++++++++++
     28675  montanaro
     37655 anthonybaxter (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
     37654  montanaro
     37838 rhettinger What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
     37838 rhettinger =================================
     37838 rhettinger
     38611 anthonybaxter *Release date: XX-XXX-2006*
     38611 anthonybaxter
     37838 rhettinger Core and builtins
     37838 rhettinger -----------------
     37838 rhettinger
     ...

That way column 2 would always be the contributor.

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