On 2/25/06, Leon Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just out of interest, why is svn better than cvs? I mean the only > difference I see by now, is missing support for tagging in svn, but > what are the benefits? :-)
You must not be looking very hard. ;-) SVN has tagging support; it wouldn't be much of a source control system without it. See: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch04s06.html That book also has a good summary of why SVN is better than CVS. See: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch01s03.html My two favourite features of SVN are atomic commits and remote operations, neither of which CVS supports. The former is described in the chapter referenced above. The latter means that I can do things like tagging and branching directly within the repository, without having to have a checked out copy. Another reason the ASF likes SVN is because, unlike CVS, it's not tied to Unix accounts, which allows a more secure system. Take a closer look at the book referenced above. There is a *lot* to like about SVN. Many of us here were initially reluctant to move from CVS to SVN, but pretty much as soon as we did, we all started talking about how we couldn't live without it. :-) -- Martin Cooper thanx > leon > > On 2/25/06, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some interesting news from sf.net. They now offer SVN...cool! > > > > -- > > James Mitchell > > EdgeTech, Inc. > > http://edgetechservices.net/ > > 678.910.8017 > > Skype: jmitchtx > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > <snip/> > > > > > > Subversion General Availability > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > The SourceForge.net team is pleased to announce the General > > > Availability > > > of Subversion service to SourceForge.net-hosted projects, effective > > > 2006-02-21. This service offering is in addition to our existing CVS > > > service; as with all of our services, projects may select (and > > > enable in > > > the project admin pages) the portion of our offering that best meets > > > their needs. > > > > > > We wish to extend our thanks to the many projects and developers who > > > have helped us to test our Subversion service as part of our six-week > > > beta, which completed last week. Our particular thanks go to these > > > projects, whose members provided substantial feedback regarding the > > > new service: > > > > > > * Inkscape - http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/ > > > * DejaVu Fonts - http://sourceforge.net/projects/dejavu/ > > > * ScummVM - http://sourceforge.net/projects/scummvm/ > > > * evilnet - http://sourceforge.net/projects/evilnet/ > > > > > > > > > Our Subversion service includes: > > > > > > SSL-based Repository Access: > > > * Developer Subversion access via HTTPS, auth is requested when you > > > perform a write operation > > > * Anonymous Subversion access via HTTPS > > > * No sync delays between developer and anonymous Subversion access > > > * Per-developer access control over repository access (ACL support > > > to be > > > added in the future) via the SourceForge.net permissions system > > > > > > Web-based viewing: > > > * Web-based repository access via ViewVC (formerly known as ViewCVS) > > > > > > On-demand self-service backups and mirroring capability: > > > * Read-only rsync access to the repository to permit backups and > > > remote mirroring > > > > > > Ease of migration: > > > * Automated self-service migration of your SourceForge.net project CVS > > > repository, CVS tarball, or Subversion dump to our Subversion service > > > > > > Well-considered add-ons to basic service: > > > * A selected set of hook scripts, including commit email support and > > > CIA bot support > > > * Statistics tracking of Subversion repository activity > > > > > > > > > Service may be enabled by project administrators in the "Subversion" > > > section of the Project Admin pages. > > > > > > Complete service documentation is available at: > > > http://sf.net/docs/E09/ > > > > > > Documentation is provided for supported clients at: > > > http://sf.net/docs/F06/ for the command-line SVN client > > > http://sf.net/docs/F07/ for TortoiseSVN > > > > > > Our support of Subversion has been based on substantial research and > > > testing in the past few months, which we have pursued specifically > > > based > > > on requests from the community. SourceForge.net continues to consider > > > new technologies and evaluate community requests in further > > > strengthening our service offering. > > > > > > > > <snip/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
