On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:04:46PM -0700, Stewart Stremler wrote: > begin quoting Wade Curry as of Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 10:49:04PM -0700: > > Lan Barnes([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 08:53:03AM -0700: > > > > > </snip> > > > > > > CVS is so broken it is technically inferior to RCS. > > > > I'm surprised by this remark for the obvious reasons that have > > already been brought up by Greg. I'm curious in what ways you > > meant that RCS is better. > > Normally I don't discount out of hand anything Lan says -- he's a sober, > thoughtful sort of guy. But he really, really, really loathes CVS. I > can't seem to figure out why, so I try not to spin him up about it too > often. It just annoys him and confuses me. However... > > About all I can think of for a reasonable explanation as to why Lan > is so unhappy with CVS is that he's been burned by CVS being good > enough so that people try to build a real SCM system on top of it, > repeatedly. And it falls down. On his head. > > To venture into the car-analogy realm, then... > > CVS is a tractor... and to people who want sports cars, it's ugly, slow, > top-heavy, and lacks basic features like bucket seats, seatbelts, turn > signals, and brake lights, etc. > > And if you ask for a sports car and get handed a tractor with some > pinstriping, you're naturally going to get a little irate. When a > bunch of hicks on tractors express contempt at your dismay, you're > going to have a hard time explaining that you're not asking for low- > profile tires in addition to the pinstriping without sounding a bit > rabid. > > For 99% of what I want to do, CVS does the right thing. But I suspect > that I'm a hick on a tractor compared to what Lan is trying to do. > > I still haven't figured out where the decentralized version control > systems fit into my little analogy. So don't push it too hard. :) >
Well said. (OK, really a buckboard with a lawnmower engine.) Also, thanks for (I guess?) defending my zeal. Really, the pain factor of switching to svn is like a couple of hours work for most home hobbyists. I *highly* recommend giving svn a try. Or Perforce, if free-as-in-beer doesn't cause a skin rash in you. -- Lan Barnes Linux Guy, SCM Specialist Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
