Why RedHat doesnt support Higher Versions of Subversion

[Kamthan, Versha (GE Capital, Consultant)]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for your email, it helped me understand the picture .

Brief context from our side:
We are basically using RHEL6 for our build infrastructure, and as a part of Vulnerability management we found  that Subversion1.6 is no longer supported by Apache and we need to upgrade it to a higher version like 1.7 or 1.8 .
That is why I was looking forward for some authentic information to proceed with a proper reason in this area.

Also, do you have any idea when Redhat  is going to have a higher version of apache Subversion in near future? ☺


Thanks,
Versha



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Subject: Re: Why RedHat doesnt support Higher Versions of Subversion



On 16 March 2015 at 20:55, Kamthan, Versha (GE Capital, Consultant) <Versha.Kamthan at ge.com<mailto:Versha.Kamthan at ge.com>> wrote:
Hi Team,

I would like to know some information regarding the support of Subversion1.7 or Subversion1.8 over RHEL6
I understand that I can download the rpm package from other vendors (WANDisco, RepoForge etc) and install it over RHEL6, but I need some information
As in “Why RedHat is not providing support for  Subversion1.7 onwards.”


For every customer who wants a newer subversion there are many more who want a static OS which matches beyond bug fixes what was released when it first came out. That means that unless there is significant customer demand for change, updates for packages in the release need to be done through side products like Software Collections.


I couldn’t find the reason behind this over internet , therefore can someone please let me know why RedHat does not provide support for Subversion1.7 and 1.8 over RHEL6.





Any information will be helpful.

Thanks,
Versha


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