Below are some facts that we have recently learned about the difference between
SVN and CVS. This will influence how we should adopt, and when we should adopt.
1) The Apache Software Foundation will be encouraging all projects to switch
once SVN 1.0 is released (expected January/February of 2004). It will be
mandatory around Q3 of 2004.
2) SSL will be provided (but from what I could understand, not yet) for encrypting all writes.
3) The major reason for the push is to make the Apache servers more secure (fewer shell accounts will be required).
4) Tool support is here, and improving. There is TortoiseSVN, a plugin for Eclipse and IDEA. These things will only improve with time.
FYI the (apparently most active) eclipse plugin (subclipse) does not currently support connections to ssl repositories in any binary windows release. Building subclipse is non-trivial as it is version dependant on svn, javahl (native bindings for java - svn subproject), berkley db and eclipse and involves a good bit of jni and native code. I've not yet managed to do it.
It may also be that ssl support is only present in the subclipse branch targeting eclipse 3.x series but I may be misunderstanding the answers I get and read on their lists.
Geoff
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