enable pre-revprop-change hook

[jef]

I unsuccessfully tried to fix a wrong commit message in the QGIS repository. Could that be enabled?

$ svn propset -r 8760 --revprop svn:log "fix #924"
svn: DAV request failed; it's possible that the repository's pre-revprop-change hook either failed or is non-existent
svn: At least one property change failed; repository is unchanged
svn: Error setting property 'log':
Repository has not been enabled to accept revision propchanges;
ask the administrator to create a pre-revprop-change hook

[crschmidt]

In general, allowing all users to edit svn:log messages feels like a Bad Idea to me. Some messages are bad, and that sucks, but allowing for the revision of history in this manner feels dangerous to me.

I would advise against this as policy, but if you would still like me to enable this behavior, I will do so.

(Obviously, this request is a bit out of date; if you are no longer interested, just close the ticket.)

[jef]

Replying to crschmidt:

In general, allowing all users to edit svn:log messages feels like a Bad Idea to me. Some messages are bad, and that sucks, but allowing for the revision of history in this manner feels dangerous to me.

Any better solution? If a log message is wrong, I'd like to fix it.

(Obviously, this request is a bit out of date; if you are no longer interested, just close the ticket.)

No, it's not out of date. ​http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/changeset/8760 still says that it's fixing ​http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/934 instead of ​http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/924. And there's currently no way to fix that.

Without this ticket it would have take much more time to figure out what changeset r8760 is for.

But would TRAC notice log changes at all?

[jef]

qgis is using git for years.