2007/9/11, Bryan Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > GNOME is not in need of a DSCM or any other kind of new SCM. For source > control, SVN works fine, just like CVS worked fine. I'm not looking to > argue the features of one DSCM above another or what we have now, but really > the controlling of the source code isn't the problem this DSCM debate is > circling.
The problem which prompted this debate again was the infamous SVN accounts lag. DSCM allows people to comfortably work with "their repo" and easily get a subset of their current work to a patch for submitting to eg. bugzilla. Currently, you'd need to take a checkout for each "line of work" you start unless you want to backup your work manually with svn diff (urgh). Not so hot, specially since if you are not on the net all the time. If you can comfortably work without access to the central repo, the need for the access becomes less of an issue. Thus helping people keep patient with the accounts lag, possibly even making it unneccessary for some. So, in my opinion, GNOME does need DSCM as a *part* of the solution for the current problems. -- Kalle Vahlman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by http://movial.fi Interesting stuff at http://syslog.movial.fi _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
