[Python-checkins] r46655 - in python/trunk: Doc/lib/libthread.tex Doc/lib/libthreading.tex Include/pythread.h Lib/dummy_thread.py Lib/test/output/test_thread Lib/test/test_thread.py Lib/test/test_threading.py Lib/threading.py Misc/NEWS Modules/th

[Tim Peters]

[Tim]
>>> Note that a branch can (and should) be created for resolving these
>>> problems, like
>>>
>>> svn copy svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/trunk -r46640
svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/branches/NEW_BRANCH
>>>
>>> followed by merging rev 46647 to the new branch.

[Andrew MacIntyre]
>> My attempt to follow your instructions is failing:

[Martin v. Löwis]
> Yeah, that Tim's strange way of doing ssh. The line really *should* read
>
> svn copy svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk -r46640 svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/NEW_BRANCH
>
> Notice that you need to give the username twice.
>
> It works for Tim because he created a putty profile that embeds the
> username. It didn't work for you, because you either didn't use putty,
> or did not create a profile.

Right on all counts -- thanks, and my apologies for forgetting that
not everyone has upgraded to Windows :-)