Nathan Hartman

* docs/release-notes/1.9.html

(#svn-4722): New subsection.

Review by: danielsh

* INSTALL:

(Section I.B. "Dependency Overview")

Add bulletpoint for utf8proc.

(Section I.C. "Dependencies in Detail")

Document required dependency on utf8proc and relevant 'configure'

argument.

Found by: gstein

* docs/release-notes/1.14.html:

("New Build-Time Dependency: py3c"):

Make mentions of INSTALL and get-deps.sh links to those files in

ViewVC, at branches/1.14.x. This branch does not exist at the time

of this revision. However it will exist once the release is made.

Suggested by: danielsh

* INSTALL:

(Section I.B., "Dependency Overview" -- py3c)

Capitalize title text and rewrap lines.

(Section I.C.23, "Dependencies in Detail" -- py3c)

Make title text and capitalization consistent with its counterpart

in section I.B. Clarify that py3c is a header-only library.

Provide the download link. Mention that get-deps.sh knows how to

download it.

* docs/release-notes/1.14.html:

("What's New in Apache Subversion 1.14"):

Add link to "New Build-Time Dependency: py3c" section.

("New Build-Time Dependency: py3c"):

Document the new py3c dependency. Provide a link to it. Document

that get-deps.sh fetches it.

Suggested by: danielsh

* INSTALL:

(Section I.B. "Dependency Overview" -- Berkeley DB)

Change "not recommended" to "not recommended for new repositories"

and rewrap lines to 72 char width.

(Section I.C. "Dependencies in Detail" -- Berkeley DB)

Fix ambiguity: Berkeley DB libraries are needed to build a BDB-

enabled server, or a client accessing BDB repos via file:// URI

scheme (which might not be on local disk as this text previously

stated). Also, improve explanation about BDB being deprecated and

point out that 'svnadmin info' can show what back end a repository

is using.

Suggested by: danielsh

Review by: danielsh

* INSTALL:

(Section I.B. "Dependency Overview" -- Berkeley DB)

Fix grammar error, "recommend" -> "recommended"; this rewraps

several lines to stay within 72 characters wide.

* docs/release-notes/1.14.html:

("Support for Python 2.7 is being phased out"):

Remove unwanted leading space in hyperlink to Python PEP-0373 that

is apparent in the rendered HTML (and also maintain consistency

with our HTML syntax elsewhere) by moving the closing angle

bracket of the 'a' tag to the following line.

Found by: danielsh

* INSTALL:

(Section I.C. "Dependencies in Detail" -- Python) Bring in the far

more detailed Python dependency info that was added to the 1.14

release notes in r1869856, but with some editing to better fit the

context of INSTALL. In particular, the new text explains when the

optional dependency of Python is needed and when it is not. Also,

bump the Python version to 3.x, but with a paragraph explaining

that although 2.7 support is being phased out, it technically

still works.

Suggested by: julianfoad

* INSTALL:

("Dependencies in Detail" -- "Berkeley DB") Similar to the change to

"Dependencies Overview" in r1869868, explain that BDB is

deprecated at the beginning of the section to make it more clear

that BDB is not needed if only using FSFS.

* INSTALL:

("Dependencies in Detail" -- "Berkeley DB") Add "DEPRECATED" to the

title of the bullet point. Rewrite the paragraph to (hopefully)

make it more clear. Rationale: Avoid having to read a long

paragraph only to find out at the end that BDB is deprecated.

* docs/release-notes/1.14.html:

("Python is Optional" note box):

Explain in detail when Subversion requires Python, and also when

it does not, replacing short and vague paragraph.

Suggested by: danielsh

* build/ac-macros/swig.m4

(SVN_FIND_SWIG): Allow building with SWIG 4+, and add -modern option

when Python 3 and SWIG 3.x are detected.

* subversion/bindings/swig/include/proxy.py

Use _get_instance_attr and _set_instance_attr.

* subversion/bindings/swig/include/proxy.swg

(_get_instance_attr): New function to get an instance attribute

without metadata for new-style and old-style classes.

(_set_instance_attr): New function to set an instance attribute for

new-style and old-style classes.

* subversion/bindings/swig/INSTALL

(BUILDING SWIG BINDINGS FOR SVN ON UNIX, Step 1): Update supported

SWIG versions for Python 3 bindings (remove the note that SWIG 4+

is not supported).

Patch by: Jun Omae <jun66j5_{AT}_gmail.com>

Review by: brane

futatuki

julianfoad

* docs/release-notes/1.14.html:

("Support for Python 3.x") and

("Support for Python 2.7 is being phased out."):

After describing which versions of Python we intend to support,

add text to the effect that we welcome contributions to extend

support to other versions. Also link to:

("Enthusiastic Contributors Welcome!"): New section at end of

release notes, inviting community participation in Subversion's

development.

Suggested by: julianfoad

* docs/release-notes/1.14.html:

(What's New in Apache Subversion 1.14): Add links to new subsections

described below.

("API changes, improvements and language bindings"): New section

with subsections:

- "Support for Python 3.x"

- "Support for Python 2.7 is being phased out."

Written with many helpful thoughts and suggestions:

Suggested by: julianfoad

danielsh