Subversion 1.7.1 Available From WANdisco

SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 26, 2011) - WANdisco, a leading provider of Apache Subversion-based software and services for the enterprise, and a major corporate sponsor of the Subversion project, has announced that Subverson 1.7.1 is available for immediate download from its website and also through uberSVN, the free, open ALM platform for Subversion users.

Thanks to the rapid feedback from Subversion's early adopters and the quick response of the Subversion community, the first bug fix release of 1.7x has been released less than a fortnight after Subversion 1.7 was announced. Apache Subversion 1.7.1 contains many important user-visible and developer-visible changes, including an FSFS sanity check to prevent corruption seen in the wild, and improvements to the performance of both svn info and hash table sorting, and improvements to the memory usage in merge. A full list of the fixes and enhancements is available in the Changes file.

This is the most complete Subversion release to date, and users are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible. As part of their commitment to the open source community, WANdisco have certified, open source 1.7.1 binaries available for free download from their website. Subversion 1.7.1 is also available through uberSVN, WANdisco's open, extensible platform for ALM.

For Windows users, TortoiseSVN 1.7.1 can also be downloaded directly from WANdisco.

About WANdisco

WANdisco is a leading provider of Apache Subversion-based software and services for the enterprise. The company's products include: uberSVN - the new open ALM platform for Subversion, Subversion MultiSite, Subversion Access Control and Subversion Clustering. Fortune Global 1000 companies such as AT&T, Intel, Honda, Nokia, Juniper Networks and Motorola rely on WANdisco's Subversion solutions for enterprise-class performance, scalability and 24-by-7 availability. A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) study of WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite revealed a 167% return on investment with a nine-month payback period. Subversion is recognized by Forrester as the sole leader in the Standalone Software Configuration Management (SCM) category. For more information, please visit us at: http://www.wandisco.com.

About Subversion

Apache Subversion (SVN) is a version control system initiated in 2000. It is used to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly-compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). In a 2007 report by Forrester Research, Subversion was recognized as the sole leader in the Standalone Software Configuration Management (SCM) category and a strong performer in the Software Configuration and Change Management (SCCM) category. Subversion is released under the Apache License, making it free software. For more information, please visit: http://subversion.apache.org.

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