[svnbook] r3732 committed - * src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml...

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Revision: 3732
Author: cmpilato at gmail.com
Date: Thu May  6 09:42:34 2010
Log: * src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml
   Update information about the dav/ repository subdirectory.

http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=3732

Modified:
  /trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml

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--- /trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml	Tue May 26 08:17:39 2009
+++ /trunk/src/en/book/ch05-repository-admin.xml	Thu May  6 09:42:34 2010
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@

      <screen>
  $ ls repos
-conf/  dav/  db/  format  hooks/  locks/  README.txt
+conf/  db/  format  hooks/  locks/  README.txt
  </screen>

      <para>Here's a quick fly-by overview of what exactly you're seeing
@@ -75,14 +75,6 @@
          <listitem>
            <para>A directory containing configuration files</para>
          </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term>dav</term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>A directory provided to
-            <filename>mod_dav_svn</filename> for its private
-            housekeeping data</para>
-        </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>db</term>
@@ -120,6 +112,24 @@
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>

+    <note>
+      <para>Prior to Subversion 1.5, the on-disk repository structure
+        also always contained a <filename>dav</filename> subdirectory.
+        <filename>mod_dav_svn</filename> used this directory to store
+        information about
+        WebDAV <firstterm>activities</firstterm>—mappings of
+        high-level WebDAV protocol concepts to Subversion commit
+        transactions.  Subversion 1.5 changed that behavior, moving
+        ownership of the activities directory, and the ability to
+        configure its location, into <filename>mod_dav_svn</filename>
+        itself.  Now, new repositories will not necessarily have
+        a <filename>dav</filename> subdirectory
+        unless <filename>mod_dav_svn</filename> is in use and hasn't
+        been configured to store its activities database elsewhere.
+        See <xref linkend="svn.ref.mod_dav_svn.conf.directives"/> for
+        more information.</para>
+    </note>
+
      <para>Of course, when accessed via the Subversion libraries, this
        otherwise unremarkable collection of files and directories
        suddenly becomes an implementation of a virtual, versioned