[Plib-devel] CVS vs SVN

[Fay J. F Dr C. U. AFSEO/SK <joh...@eg...>]

Gentlemen,

	This afternoon I tested my SVN access to an outside archive that JC
Jones set up for me to test.  I was able to download a complete archive and
upload a changed file without difficulty.

	The pros and cons of changing our CVS archive over to SVN are, as
far as I can tell, the following:

For the change:
(1) I will be able to get read and write access to the archive.  This means
that ...
(2) I will not have to pester other developers to send me up-to-date
versions of the source tree.
(3) I will be able to put changes into the source tree myself rather than
waiting for somebody else to do it.

Against the change:
(1) Everybody will have to change his download and upload scripts.
(2) Everybody will have to learn SVN (if he doesn't already know it).

Morally Neutral:
(1) There was some question about the format in which the SVN archive was
stored not being readable after an upgrade to the operating system, but I
believe this concern was addressed.  Please let me know if it was not.

	Given these arguments for and agaisnt changing the configuration
management, how do people feel about it?  Have I missed any relevant issues?

John F. Fay
Technical Fellow, Jacobs/Sverdrup TEAS Group
850-729-6330
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