On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 04:53:22PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> Lan Barnes wrote:
> 
> >- Nobody in development knows or understands SCM. It isn't taught in
> >schools. The academics are just discovering it.
> 
> As an "academic", I can speak to this.  It has nothing to do with 
> "discovery".
> 
> Administering an SCM in a multi-user academic environment is a *pain in 
> the ass*.  I spent 40-50 hours simply setting up the repository so that 
> I could use it to do automated code checkout and automated tests.
> 

I'm not talking about SCM in your silly labs. I'm talking about formal
courses in the principles of SCM. I doubt if you have anyone qualified
to teach it.

-- 
Lan Barnes
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist     
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast 

This administration's foreign policy reminds me of watching someone
trying to play chess without being able to think more than one move
ahead.
                                    - Molly Ivins


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