svn upgrade help needed (1.6.5 to 1.6.???)

My svn server is Subversion 1.6.5, and I want to upgrade to at least 1.6.6 to fix the svn externals-by-file bug for binary files.

But I'm not sure which binaries to use -- things have gotten a bit weird since Apache took SVN over from Tigris.

Server configuration (it's not a heavyweight server):

• Windows XP
• Apache for handling the HTTP server (SVN + several other applications)
• Atlassian Crowd for handling authentication + interoperating w/ JIRA and Fisheye

I've looked at Collabnet, they don't s开发者_如何学编程eem to offer just the binaries anymore, they have this "Subversion Edge" thing, but it includes Apache and I can't afford to screw up my current Apache configuration.

The other prepackaged binaries listed on Apache's website seem a little iffy to me; I don't know which one(s) will work and are from a source I can trust.

Any advice? Do I have to worry about repository upgrades with a 1.6.5 -> 1.6.x executable upgrade?

You can use the Subversion Edge distribution from CollabNet and simply not use the Subversion Edge part of the product. You can also just not take their Apache install either. The CollabNet product will contain everything you need. Just ignore the stuff you don't need.

You can also try the WanDisco distribution. WanDisco is a company that makes other products that uses Subversion, and its developers heavily participate in the Subversion project. There's been some tension in recent months with WanDisco over on the Subversion lists. The CEO made some strange statements that sounded like they were threatening to fork Subversion. However, WanDisco has backed down on those statements and everything is cool.

And, I've personally have tried the SlikSVN binaries and had absolutely no issues with them. They work great. However, I don't believe they have a server or Apache bindings.

I'm not sure how upgrading goes, but I recently downloaded and installed the 1.6.15 version from slikSVN:

http://www.sliksvn.com/en/download/

Everything works AOK.