Re: Re: CVS Access Method

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:07:27 +0100 arnaud@limbourg.com (Arnaud Limbourg) wrote: > Bertrand Mansion wrote: > > > > Le 4 f_vr. 07 _ 10:39, Anant Narayanan a _crit : > > > >>> I also don't find there is enough added value in SVN to switch from CVS. > >>> In many cases, SVN is worse than CVS. It won't fit what we need in PEAR > >>> IMO. If we were to change, other solutions should also be considered and > >>> more modern solutions like a distributed version control system should > >>> be tested. I have tested Mercurial and it's great. I think BZR is nice > >>> too. I heard that DARCS is excellent. SVN, just like CVS, are things > >>> from the past. Did you ever try a distributed version control system > >>> before ? > >> > >> I've used both git and darcs before; and needless to say that the > >> convenience of distributed version control is unbeatable. So yes, I for > >> one, would love it if we actually use one of these modern VCS: Either > >> git, darcs or bzr. > > > > If you know Git and Darcs, you should really give Mercurial a try :) > > I've never used any of those in a distributed environment (i use darcs > when i need a quickly setup local source control on a box) but they sure > look interesting. > > The fact that we would not really need extra hardware is a plus. Maybe > we should give it a try. It will require people to learn a new set of > tools so it will take time. > > Arnaud. In my opinion, the downside of using a distributed environment, is, that we (and our users) will miss the Tooling. As in distributed model there's no more a Server (what we and our users are used to), What would happen to our web-based code browser (currently ViewVC)? I remember, the other day we decided to improve our Bug tracker, and somehow integrate it with our CVS, but we will miss this one too. Most of us are using the *nix machines, without any problems with command-line, but even we have developers who are using Windows which are heavily akin with their used-to-IDE, CVS/SVN integration. IMHO, in a project with this scale (I don't mean the codebase, I mean the number of developers, and the fact that we are scattered around the world [take a look at the map], and we with our unique problems with Internet connections), the old Client/Server model would be much much better. -- Amir Mohammad