--- "Greg A. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ On Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 07:45:24 > (-0800), Noel Yap wrote: ] > > Subject: Re: Converting ClearCase to CVS > > > > One of the most current arenas where CVS is not an > > ideal tool is Java development since refactoring > > causes renaming and moving of files. > > Refactoring in C could just as easily leave you with > a whole lot of > deleted files and a whole lot of new files.
The difference is that as a language, C doesn't demand such changes (ie renames and moves), while Java does. > CVS demands that you carefully plan for disruptive > upsets in the file > naming you use for your code "containers". > > Refactoring should never be done, in any language so > far as I can tell > (not even in smalltalk), without first a good deal > of consideration, > care, and planning. While refactoring within the > private methods of a > class might not affect the external API, that's > still not an excuse to > go about it willy-nilly any old time you feel like > it. There you have it, yet another space where CVS isn't ideal: XP. Noel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
