On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 08:32:49PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > > > >Linus says that Perforce and many others are not suitable for the > >massively distributed development effort that is the linux kernel. > >Does > >he have a point there? I doubt any Perforce user has so many people > >all > >working on the same project scattered all over the world. > > I would probably disagree: > http://www.perforce.com/perforce/customers/byindustry.html > > The fact that Perforce is used by several games companies and a > couple of movie houses means that it probably *dwarfs* the Linux > kernel in terms of amount tracked and distributed development. >
Andrew is right on this. Perforce is used by enterprises with > 1,000,000 _files_ and terabytes of code. *But*, you need admins. Not like <gag> ClearCase and that ilk, which needs a votive priesthood, but for really big projects, SCM becomes a project in itself. Considering that Linus is handling this all by himself and on the fly, I'm ready to cut him some slack on his management skills ;-) > Linus is just being pissy and won't admit that he is wrong. This is > a known character trait. Sometimes it stands him in good stead; > sometimes it works against him. > I can't remark on this. We spent 8 months searching the commercial SCM tool space before settling on a product. Does Linus have that kind of time? -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
