[FFmpeg-cvslog] [ffmpeg.org]: r166 - trunk/src/download

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:48:17AM +0200, diego wrote:
> Author: diego
> Date: Tue Apr 15 08:48:16 2008
> New Revision: 166
> 
> Log:
> Mention the most common reason for SVN troubles and explain that the Subversion
> repository does not work over HTTP, nor will it in the future.
> 
> 
> Modified:
>    trunk/src/download
> 
> Modified: trunk/src/download
> ==============================================================================
> --- trunk/src/download	(original)
> +++ trunk/src/download	Tue Apr 15 08:48:16 2008
> @@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
>    svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg
>  </pre>
>  
> +<p>
> +If you cannot access the repository, you are being firewalled somewhere.
> +Our Subversion setup does <strong>not</strong> work over HTTP/HTTPS, nor
> +will it in the future. There is no point in asking for it, the decision
> +is final.
> +
> +<p>

What about explaining to our users why? Its much nicer than just a
"iam the boss and we will not support it".

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