On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 12:03:07AM -0400, Michael Jennings wrote: > On Monday, 14 August 2006, at 12:08:06 (+0900), > Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > i hear that svn is significantly less load for anonymous access - > > even developer - who has experience with this server-side? can you > > confirm or deny? i would consider a possible move to svn if we can > > keep our history from cvs. > > It's not true. SVN requires a lot more overhead (including Apache > with SVN and DAV modules), uses a BDB backend (you remember your love > of BDB, right?), and requires DOUBLE the amount of disk space for a > checkout. Yes, I said double. Furthermore, branching and tagging > don't really exist for SVN (it uses "copies" which, while they may be > zero overhead on the server, are murder on the checkout). And last I > checked, you could not keep your history. There are tools to move from cvs to svn. E.g. http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/ I've never used one, so I can't vouch for them, but it seems like it would be a fairly straightforward operation. I'm still curious if anyone has any stats on actual CPU load for checkouts from CVS vs. SVN. "More apps involved" doesn't necessarily equate to "more load". Neither does more disk space used. (But without stats, I can't do anythign but speculate -- and I don't have the time to generate such stats right now...) > > CVS is the devil we know. There's really nothing we need it to do > that it doesn't do. I see no compelling reason to move. The main thing that SVN has that won me over is the ability to do diffs without hitting the server. I generally check diffs a LOT before checking in. With CVS this is a slow pita. I also find svn log more useful than cvs log. But that's probably just familiarity. Thats my 2c :) rephorm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
