[Python-Dev] Subversion forbidden error while committing to trunk

[Alexandre Vassalotti]

Thanks Guido.

I just found what was the problem. My checkout of the trunk was the
read-only one (i.e., over http).

-- Alexandre

On Dec 7, 2007 11:40 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>
> On Dec 7, 2007 8:35 PM, Alexandre Vassalotti <alexandre at peadrop.com> wrote:
> > I tried a few times to commit a patch (for issue #1530) to the trunk,
> > but I always get this error:
> >
> >   alex:python% svn commit Lib/doctest.py --file svn-commit.tmp
> >   svn: Commit failed (details follow):
> >   svn: MKACTIVITY of
> > '/projects/!svn/act/53683b5b-99d8-497e-bc98-6d07f9401f50': 403
> > Forbidden (http://svn.python.org)
> >
> > I first thought that was related to the Py3k freeze. However, I tried
> > again a few minutes ago and I still got this error. Is possible that
> > my commit rights are limited to the py3k branches? Or this is a
> > genuine error?
>
> I just successfully committed something to the trunk, so the server is
> not screwed.
>
> I'm not aware of an access control mechanism that would prevent anyone
> from checking in to the trunk while allowing them to check in to a
> branch.
>
> I suspect your workspace may be corrupt.
>
> --
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
>