[PD-dev] SVN?

[Luke Iannini (pd)]

Also, I believe IOhannes already did a lot of work to get SVN running; last
I saw we were basically just waiting for everyone else to be ready?  I'll
let him confirm but it would be a shame to have wasted his time : ).
Info on SVN 1.5 is here:
http://subversion.tigris.org/svn_1.5_releasenotes.html

On 10/23/07, Luke Iannini (pd) <lukexipd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Actually, it would be good if you did push the idea. :D  I think if
> > we aren't switching to SVN, we really should consider a distributed
> > system.  I am just not sure which one is the best one for the Pd
> > community.  While Linus' personality is funny, his ideas about
> > software usability are what make me think there are better systems
> > than git.
> >
> > From what I see, Git is good for someone who's immersed in it,
> > therefore the extra complexity is beneficial.  Pd committers don't do
> > it that often, and are rarely immersed in coding everyday.  That says
> > that we should use something that is really easy to learn, setup, and
> > administer, even if that means it might be less efficient for more
> > advanced tasks.
> >
> > For example, GNU Arch says on the first page ( http://www.gnu.org/
> > software/gnu-arch/) that "GNU arch has some features that make it
> > particularly useful for public free software projects: it's easy to
> > learn; it's inexpensive and easy to administer".  Git (http://
> > git.or.cz/) repeatedly mentions "speed and efficiency".
>
>
>
> Sigh, anything is better than CVS... so I won't complain too loudly if we
> go with something other than SVN.  But considering how long it's taking to
> go to SVN, which everyone agrees with, I'm worried we'll just get bogged
> down in discussion of the myriad options.
>
>
> Many of SVN's deficiencies are being addressed in the very-very-soon
> upcoming 1.5 update, which includes vastly improved merging to compete
> with Git.
>
>
> Also, since SVN has such wide adoption, it has really excellent client
> tools.  I use SCPlugin, which integrates SVN with the Mac OS X Finder, along
> with TextMate's absolutely incredible SVN bundle.  Windows users have access
> to the amazing TortoiseSVN, which offers the best integration I've seen.
>
>
> Anyways, here's to a swift death for CVS.
> Cheers
> Luke
>
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