Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Terry Reedy]

"Dick Moores" <rdm at rcblue.com> wrote in message 
news:20070317102146.4440B1E4010 at bag.python.org...
| I thought I'd give
| <http://svn.python.org/projects/python/branches/release25-maint/>
| (the latest release (plus bug fixes) of Python) a try. I first backed
| up my Python25 folder (I'm using Win XP). Then with Python 25 open I
| opened the Explorer context menu for the folder and then the
| TortoiseSVN sub-menu. There doesn't seem to have a menu item that
| will enable me to update. I tried Export... and entered
| <http://svn.python.org/projects/python/branches/release25-maint/> as
| "URL of repository", but that choice seems to expect the Python25
| folder to be empty. Can you tell me what to do to just update?

Just to make sure you know, the svn repository is source code that you will 
have to compile.  If TortoiseSVN only copies repositories and reads and 
does not update, then you need svn itself.  But I know almost nothing about 
it except the name.  In any case, to update a local code repository, you 
would need one to begin with by downloading the whole think initially.

tjr