Subversion revision number across multiple projects

Question

When using Subversion (svn) for source control with multiple projects I\'ve noticed that the revision number increases across all of my projects\' directories. To illustrat

Answer 1

At my workplace, we have two repositories. One with public read access, and one for everything else. I'd use just one for everything, but we need different access rights for public/private projects.

That said, I personally don't see the problem with the revision numbers incrementing on every update. The revision numbers could skip prime and even numbers and still do what its supposed to do. Make it easy to get to a specific revision.