The whole point of SVN was to bring CVS up-to-date. People use it because, for whatever reason, they want a modern CVS. I'm not sure you can improve it without

The whole point of SVN was to bring CVS up-to-date. People use it because, for whatever reason, they want a modern CVS. I'm not sure you can improve it without sacrificing the familiarity that's really SVN's primary asset.