Subversion missing in ubuntu-latest (24.04)

[p3lim]

Description

Subversion was provided in earlier versions of the ubuntu image, but is missing from 24.04.

Please provide it again, or perhaps git-svn as an alternative with a warning to users, as this is a breaking (and unannounced) change.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

ubuntu-latest / ubuntu-24.04

Is it regression?

ubuntu-22.04

Expected behavior

svn command to exist

Actual behavior

svn: command not found

Repro steps

1. Use svn in a workflow or in an action
2. Switch from ubuntu-22.04 image to ubuntu-24.04 image
3. Receive errors

[vidyasagarnimmagaddi]

Hi @p3lim , SVN has been Removed from the Ubuntu 24.04 image due to maintenance reasons.
The same. has been mentioned in reference#1. and
reference#2.

Further the same can be installed. thanks

[p3lim]

That's alright. Just curious, what was the maintenance reason? Considering it's a single package in the Ubuntu repos.