begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 07:05:45PM -0700: > Paul G. Allen wrote: > >.. > > I use the free version of Perforce > >.. > > Do you use their gui interface, or have you tried it? > > If so, I'm wondering how easy/useful it might be for users who are > unsophisticated in scm concepts.
I think it takes a week to come up to speed, no matter the interface. Pick the GUI or the CLI depending on the user's preference and capabilities, not because one or the other is intrinsically "better". I found both the CLI and GUI tools to be useful, with the CLI being better for some tasks, and the GUI being better for others. However, in trying to get developers up and using a tool, the grasping of basic concepts and routine is the hard-part; basic use of the tool doesn't seem to matter on the tool. Although, there's a lot less whining about how "hard" a command-line is with a GUI tool, actual proficiency seems to take about the same amount of time (in my experience). Some folks will be faster, some slower, and no matter what the features are of the tool or interface, there will be someone who will back out a week's changes 'cuz they didn't bother to lisen. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
