Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] LCD4Linux CVS=>SVN

[Maxime P. <max...@bu...>]

Hi,

> Not that it would have any impact on development of lcd4linux, but
> for me, a switch to subversion would mean that I'll no longer track
> the latest development, for the time being.  That's simply because I
> have projects that are on CVS (and will definately stay that way for
> quite a while), plus I'm in charge of running several CVS servers
> (work related stuff), and I don't really want to have to use two
> similar but different tools.

One of the advantages of Free Software is that you have to choice of
the tools you want to use. Some projects choose CVS, others Arch,
others Subversion, ... It's a diversity we have to live with, and it's
far from being a harm.

When I'm on the 'user side', I don't see much difference between 'svn
up' and 'cvs up'.

> From what I've read, svn is pretty nice - but to be honest, none of
> the problems that cvs has and that svn fixes (handling of binary
> files and versioning of directories are the two that bug me the
> most) are bad enough to spend the extra time migrating tons of
> projects and learning a new tool (to _me_, that is).

Svn is nice. I've been using it since it have been declared stable by
it's developpers (~ 18 months ago), and I can tell you that the two
features you are pointing out are not the ones I'd choose to show
Subversion superiority on CVS. Of course, handling of binary files is
important, but in my opinion, moving and copying files or entire
directories without loosing the history (svn mv, svn cp) is even more
important. Branching and merge algorithms are also way more powerful
than in CVS.

> But if you decide to switch, you may also want to take a look at the
> latest news from sourceforge - from what I've heard, they're working
> on offering svn.

IIRC, LCD4Linux left Sourceforge because of it's poor reliability ...

Regards,
- Sam
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