Paul Nusbaum wrote: > I am 'fairly' new to the world of CVS (I come from the > ClearCase world J) - and am in the process of > researching/setting up CVS for a small team of approx. 8 developers. > > I have briefly experienced WinCVS (Win2000) with a Linux CVS > server in the past. > > I am looking into the options - CVSNT for a server, or possibly Linux. > > Do you have any suggestions on which would be better and why, > or any other suggestions? You're asking a list which primarily has UNIX users whether Linux or Windows is better, and you expect an unbiased opinion?!?! :=)
Seriously, though, as far as I know, CVSNT and GNU CVS (by which I mean the version hosted out of cvshome.org) are equally capable servers. Are there specific features you require? For example, I don't know if CVSNT supports SSH. It does, however, support ssapi, which (AIUI) uses operating-system authentication to provide a similar level of protection. Another prime consideration is: which server platform would you rather set up and maintain, a *nix box, or a Windows box? If nobody in your department has any experience administering *nix, then Windows is probably your preferred platform. The preferred platform will pretty much dictate which version you use. Also keep in mind that whatever you choose today is not "your final answer." If you later decide to switch server platforms, then moving the repository is a simple matter of copying the repository files from one server to another (be sure to use a "binary" mode transfer to avoid corrupting the repository). -- Jim Hyslop Senior Software Designer Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com) Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts) _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
