Thanks Jeff, that the kind of info I was after. I think that as we arent geographically 'challenged', only by the dividers between desks, the locking system we have in place now would be the way to continue. If we were to move to the other system and FB at the same time we would open up a can o' worms.
Can VCS be an effective way to progress projects and files through the SDLC environments to production? On 11/12/05, Jeff Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In terms of file version control, Fusebox is no more prone to problems > than other approaches. > > FB does make a project much easier to approach in teams, because the > files are much smaller, allowing developers to work in parallel instead > of waiting for each other to finish with large, multi-purpose files > (assuming pessimistic version control--see next paragraph). > > Any development team must use version control of some kind. Otherwise, > changes will be lost at some point. My team uses the model Gabe > described: each developer has a local implementation of the application, > and the code base is stored in a version control system. We use a > locking (pessimistic) VCS, which means when I check out a file, no one > else can make changes until I check it back in. Other VCS systems use > an optimistic model, in which anyone can work on any file at any time; > when you check a file in, the VCS compares it with the official version > and allows you to merge any changes. The pessimistic model is fine for > smaller teams that work in constant communication with one another: if > someone forgets to check a file in (or release its lock), the project > manager can kick him in the head and make him unlock it. The optimistic > model is more flexible for larger or geographically diverse development > teams (which is why it is more popular with most OSS projects). > > - Jeff > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:12:6855 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/12 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:12 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.12 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
