using SVN to download a stable version

[vvb]

Is it possible to use a SVN to download a stable version?
For example, last stable version is 1.6.4. Changelog is http:// svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.6.4/players_changelog?rev=36631&view=download
Is rev=36631 means that SVN version 36631 is 1.6.4 version?
If I give

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 svn update -r 36631 http://svn.gna.org/svn/wesnoth/trunk wesnoth

It says that is 1.7... version...

[silene]

Is it possible to use a SVN to download a stable version?

Yes it is. But you have to keep in mind that SVN is a strange system that copies older versions elsewhere in the tree. So if you download the "trunk" part of the tree, you will necessarily get the trunk version. If you want 1.6, you should point svn to "branches/1.6" or "tags/1.6.4" instead. No need to use a revision number by the way.

[Soliton]

Well, don't use trunk if you really want tags/1.6.4.

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svn checkout http://svn.gna.org/svn/wesnoth/tags/1.6.4

or if you want to switch from a trunk checkout for example:

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svn switch http://svn.gna.org/svn/wesnoth/tags/1.6.4

[vvb]

The main idea is to decrease traffic.
If I keep updating trunk SVN and use "svn switch" everytime stable release is come out, will it be efficient?

[zookeeper]

The main idea is to decrease traffic.
If I keep updating trunk SVN and use "svn switch" everytime stable release is come out, will it be efficient?

Yes. It'll only download/update the files which differ between those two branches. When you switch your trunk checkout to for example 1.8 after 1.8 has been released, there's going to be very few changes.

[vvb]

Yes. It'll only download/update the files which differ between those two branches.

The main idea was to decrease traffic.
I've give command:

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svn switch http://svn.gna.org/svn/wesnoth/tags/1.6.4 wesnoth

to SVN 36631 version. I thought that 36631 was closest revision to 1.6.4... but it still updating and updating... keeps downloading more and more...

[Soliton]

I thought that 36631 was closest revision to 1.6.4... but it still updating and updating... keeps downloading more and more...

That revision does not exist on trunk so you weren't on it if you're switching from trunk. By now I guess there are quite some differences between 1.6 and 1.7 so if you want to follow both with minimal traffic you need to have checkouts for both.

[vvb]

... if you want to follow both with minimal traffic you need to have checkouts for both.

Well... I had trunk SVN (36631). After command

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svn switch http://svn.gna.org/svn/wesnoth/tags/1.6.4 wesnoth

I have 1.6.4 (revision 37875).
If next stable release will come out (say, 1.6.5). Which command should I use to update 1.6.4 to 1.6.5?

[Soliton]

If next stable release will come out (say, 1.6.5). Which command should I use to update 1.6.4 to 1.6.5?

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svn switch http://svn.gna.org/svn/wesnoth/tags/1.6.5

[pauxlo]

I thought that 36631 was closest revision to 1.6.4... but it still updating and updating... keeps downloading more and more...

That revision does not exist on trunk so you weren't on it if you're switching from trunk.

Every revision "exists on trunk" ... or, better said, there is a trunk directory tree in every revision.
It may be the same as the revision before, when this revision did not change anything on trunk, but it exits.