[Tim] >>> Note that a branch can (and should) be created for resolving these >>> problems, like >>>>>> svn copy svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/trunk -r46640 svn+ssh://svn.python.org/python/branches/NEW_BRANCH >>>>>> followed by merging rev 46647 to the new branch. [Andrew MacIntyre] >> My attempt to follow your instructions is failing: [Martin v. Löwis] > Yeah, that Tim's strange way of doing ssh. The line really *should* read >> svn copy svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk -r46640 svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/NEW_BRANCH >> Notice that you need to give the username twice. >> It works for Tim because he created a putty profile that embeds the > username. It didn't work for you, because you either didn't use putty, > or did not create a profile. Right on all counts -- thanks, and my apologies for forgetting that not everyone has upgraded to Windows :-)