Re: [boost] Google SOC projects (Boost Process/Tree) etc.
Hi, Thanks for the info. Regarding SVN: I am confused because hasn't traditionally libraries prior to proposal/submission developed/available in the boost sandbox first? So what is the exception in this case? Or is Boost trying to move to SVN from CVS. Thanks Shams
shams wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the info.
Regarding SVN:
I am confused because hasn't traditionally libraries prior to proposal/submission developed/available in the boost sandbox first?
Not really. Many of the projects start out entirely separate from the sandbox, or the regular SF CVS. The sandbox CVS is a relatively new, with respect to how long Boost has been around. I know 4 years doesn't seem new to some :-) But Boost has been around for at least 7 years now <http://boost.org/more/version_history.html>.
So what is the exception in this case?
Google :-) Mostly it was the better permission control, ease of use, and integration that Trac provides. We needed a repository the students could use without others possibly getting in their way.
Or is Boost trying to move to SVN from CVS.
Irrespective of the above... Yes Boost is also trying to move to SVN.
Thanks
Welcome :-) Note: I'm not endorsing SVN as a good revision control system. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo
On 10/5/06, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot@gmail.com> wrote:
Note: I'm not endorsing SVN as a good revision control system.
Does that mean you think it isn't one? I believe you've written to this list before about issue(s) you've encountered with SVN, a bad merge if memory serves. Do you think its an unworthy or untrustworthy successor to CVS? I use it to the exclusion of CVS at home and at my place of work and find it quite an improvement. -- Caleb Epstein
Caleb Epstein wrote:
On 10/5/06, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot@gmail.com> wrote:
Note: I'm not endorsing SVN as a good revision control system.
Does that mean you think it isn't one?
Correct.
I believe you've written to this list before about issue(s) you've encountered with SVN, a bad merge if memory serves.
Yep :-)
Do you think its an unworthy or untrustworthy successor to CVS?
No.
I use it to the exclusion of CVS at home and at my place of work and find it quite an improvement.
It's a matter of grading. I consider SVN a mediocre revision control. My personal grading of the ones I've used for more than a few minutes, in a scale of 1-10: Perforce; 5.5. SVN; 5 maybe 6. CVS; 2. SourceSafe; 0, because it's flaws can cause harm to productivity, and that's being gracious. But we might be going off-topic at this point ;-) -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo
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