[Eric] pysvn versus svn

[Hans-Peter Jansen]

Dear Detlev,

I'm in the process of preparing full featured eric packages via openSUSE 
build service (http://build.opensuse.org). Eg.: all of erics dependencies 
are fairly current: pylint (logilab-common, logilab-astng), rope, besides 
the usual suspects ;-)

Then I remembered, that I noticed "pysvn", when eric asked me the last time, 
which version control system I want to use. Since I do use svn, and I've an 
issue since day one with it and eric: when I'm connecting to a local svn 
server via http for the first time, I have to provide an password, which is 
fetched from the console: yes, right, I need to run eric from an xterm, 
setup the project, and enter the pw in the xterm, when erics svn setup 
dialog asks me for it...

Now I ask myself, is that fixed, when using pysvn, or more general, could 
you briefly outline the difference of both implementations (from users 
perspective). The only other issue, I have with svn is, that it doesn't 
list the tags after eric's termination anymore.

BTW, if you create an Novell account, you can watch this effort here:
home:frispete:branches:KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop

Hopefully, I find time to contribute to eric codewise, too. I've a few ideas 
here and there (e.g. a "smart" dialog for check-in with the diff in the 
advanced section, since I nearly always look at the diff before I commit).

BTW, do you have an idea, who's in change of governing, that Linux-users 
don't want shortcuts for dialog buttons - that's just ridiculous. 

E.g., take svn diff/check-in dialogs in a typical work flow: look at the 
diff, enter some log text, and then it takes 4 tabs to get to the "Safe" 
button. Another dialog opens with the commit message, which has "Close" 
and "Cancel", while the still opened diff has "Save" and "Close". Notice 
the while the "Close" button swapped, which is unfortunate, the 
commits "Cancel" is disabled, thus forcing the user to push "Close" left 
(in commit) - "Close" right (in diff). Inconvenient. 

Probably, I'm going to create a petition against using Qt's DialogButtonBox 
for these reasons.

Sorry for being so gabby today.

Kind regards,
Pete