**SVNTrac**       
       
CVSTrac's CVS repository now has support (via ScmTrac) for using Subversion as        
a SCM repository backend. #278 and #445 contain most of the details and     
discussion. Most of the code was written by Nemanja Corlija with    
infrastructure support by _cpb_.    
     
It seems stable, functional and largely feature complete. In terms of     
performance, it's still quite a bit slower than CVS.      
      
Installation and configuration works about the same as with CVS. In fact,      
you'll have to work around a lot of references to CVS and CVSROOT and such      
until we get a chance to properly update the various web pages.       
       
*Installing*       
       
*: DownloadCvstrac from CVS       
*: build CVSTrac, following the       
{link: /cvstrac/getfile/cvstrac/COMPILING COMPILING} instructions       
*: build SvnTrac:       
       
  make APPNAME=svntrac all       
       
*: You now have a _svntrac_ executable. Copy to wherever you want.     
     
*Configuration*     
       
*: Initialize the database:       
       
  svntrac init /path/to/repository <project>       
       
*: Start the server:       
       
  svntrac server 8008 /path/to/repository <project>       
       
*: Point your browser to http://localhost:8008/       
       
*: Log in as *setup/setup* and configure. As with CVSTrac, you'll need to       
configure the repository path and reread the repository. Note that this takes a     
long time (i.e. I get about 200 revisions/minute) and your browser may time     
out.     
     
*: Your done. Use it like any other CVSTrac installation     
     
*Notes*     
     
There are a few differences from CVS. Here's a rough list of things to note:     
     
*: SvnTrac checkin numbers are identical to the Subversion revisions. You'll 
find this every convenient. 
     
*: The Browse functionality follows Subversion practice for branching and     
tagging. That is, where in CVS all branches and tags are associated with a     
particular file, in Subversion they're separate trees. This shouldn't bother     
Subversion users.  
  
*: SvnTrac was the logical naming choice. Unfortunately, this was also the  
original name of the {link:http://www.edgewall.com/trac/ Trac} project. Don't  
confuse the two.