CVS doesn't really have the file locking capability you're looking for, but it handles conflicts in an swesome way. Plus, it's got a host of features that kick VSS's butt like sophisticated tagging, branching, and conflict handling. I've used VSS for a long time and I am tired of its inadequacies, so I'm spearheading a CVS migration that is rather gradual.
There's some great accessories to CVS, too, that make for a much more pleasant experience. I just encountered CVSTrac yesterday (http://www.cvstrac.org/, http://cvs.cvstrac.org/ to see it in operation), an integrated CVS repository browser and bug tracking tool, and would highly recommend it. ViewCVS (http://viewcvs.sourceforge.net) is a sophisticated, web-based way to browse the CVS repositories and it has a lot more features for such browsing than does CVSTrac. (If you're interested in the Windows version, I recommend this tutorial on installing it: http://www.devguy.com/fp/cfgmgmt/cvs/viewCVSIIS.htm) There's also a new version of VSS made with .NET from a company called SourceGear (it was made with Microsoft's blessing). The product is called Vault (http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/) and the company's CEO, Eric Sinks, is an interesting blogger along the lines of Joel Spolsky: http://software.ericsink.com/ I haven't used his product but have seen people rave about it. In adopting VSS's idiom, though, it seems fatally flawed to me. Bill Brown http://www.bbrown.info/ : -----Original Message----- : From: Kenneth Ketsdever [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: 8/13/03 3:42 PM : Subject: Verson control Software: What should I consider? : : Having had both the luxury and disadvantages of working alone : for the past 5 years or so I've never really found a need for : version control software. However, I am now working with : others and have recently lost about a weeks : worth of work after some files were accidently overwritten. : We thought : Dreamweaver would prevent this, but it appears to have : happened. It's in the past. : : We are now very interested in version control software with : the following features. : : Rollback to previous versions of a file. : : Check out capaiblity so no more than one person can have a : file checked out. : : Possibly a comparison feature. Compare development site to : production site. Or developer A's files to developer B's files. : : I am looking for input from developers who have used version : control software. : : Are there other features I should be considering? : : What are your thoughts about Visual SourceSafe compared to : other products? : : Are there other products worthy of serious consideration? : : Any input would be greatly appreciated. : : Thank you : ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
