Re: [Module::Build] Moving to perforce?

[Dave R. <au...@ur...>]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote:

> At 22:30 -0600 12/21/03, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> >On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Ken Williams wrote:
> >  > I'd like to eventually move Module::Build development to perforce.  I
> >  > can import the CVS history from the sourceforge project.  I've set up a
> >  > server in my house on my DSL line.  Not real heavy-duty, but it should
> >  > suffice.
> >  > Any objections?
> >I for one prefer to use free software when possible.  What's so great
> >about Perforce that we shouldn't use it instead of Arch, Subversion, or
> >one of a bazillion other free alternatives?
>
> I know that Subversion has been tried for the Ponie project.  I think
> I can still hear Arthur scream whenever Subversion gets mentioned.
> It was particularly difficult to get any performance out of it with a
> relatively large number of branches.

I don't think it was the number of branches so much as the very large size
of the repository (Perl + Parrot).  But that won't be a problem here.


-dave

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