[gatein-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (GTNPORTAL-2314) Subversion checkout fails on WIndows due to extremely long paths

Subversion checkout fails on WIndows due to extremely long paths ---------------------------------------------------------------- Key: GTNPORTAL-2314 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/GTNPORTAL-2314 Project: GateIn Portal Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Environment: Windows 7 Reporter: Marko Strukelj Doing a svn checkout fails with: svn: Can't open file 'C:\devel\gatein-portal\testsuite\selenium-snifftests\src\suite\org\exoplatform\portal\selenium\candidate\.svn\tmp\text-base\Test_POR_19_074_CheckDisplayingOfPageWhenUserHasRightAccessOnPageAndPorletButHasNoRightAccessOnContainerWhichContainsPortlet.html.svn-base': The system cannot find the path specified. The problem is that there are many many developers out there doing java development on Windows exclusively. This issue requires hacking around - doing a partial checkout, problems with updates and commits from project root directory, creating an overall unpleasant experience. As a first attempt to fix it we should start by dramatically shortening testsuite filenames - i.e. Test_POR_19_074_CheckDisplay.html instead somewhat surreal unreadable current snake of a name. The problem is that not even documenting a workaround in README.txt will help much - as it's the second step users do - after a successful checkout. So the feeling for Windows based developers meeting GateIn for the first time must be really bad: fails on checkout. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.jboss.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira