Philip, Just to echo some of Tim's comments. Subversion is definitely worth using.
Regarding Subclipse, I really wanted it to be a great solution, but it isn't at this time. One of the biggest challenges, for me, with Subclipse is that it doesn't support cross-project check-ins. For refactoring tasks, I do use Subclipse, but for any other serious development I use TortoiseSVN which is extremely stable and full-featured. I have used Subclipse on Linux as well (RedHat 9). Todd -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for hackystat developers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [HACKYSTAT-DEV-L] eclipse, subversion, subclipse... Greetings, all, I've been thinking alot lately about Version 7 of Hackystat. There has been discussion about moving to subversion for this major release. This morning I was asking myself if subversion was worth the trouble of switching. After all, version 7 is going to create enough confusion as it is. This afternoon, it occurred to me that (a) subversion supports directory/file renaming and movement, and (b) that means that an appropriate Eclipse plugin for svn could result in direct support for refactoring within the configuration management system. If such a plugin exists and is robust, that would constitute the 'killer app' IMHO and I would be on board to switch over for Version 7.0. So, I looked around and found subclipse <http://subclipse.tigris.org/>, which indeed advertises itself as having direct support for integrating eclipse refactoring with subversion. Woo hoo. Then I started reading emails saying the plugin is not stable, that it doesn't work in linux, that installation is very brittle, etc. etc. So, some questions: (a) Has anyone had experience with the subclipse plugin? If so, how much, and on what platforms? Is it stable? Easy to use? etc? (b) Has anyone used the refactoring integration of subclipse? If so, did it work? was it easy? etc. (c) are there other plugins out there we should be considering? Anything else we should know before jumping off the cliff? Cheers, Philip
