Tracy R Reed wrote:
Steven E. Harris wrote:
Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Or use git, mercurial, darcs, perforce, etc. rather than subversion.
I know you wrote "etc.", but add monotone¹ to the list.
I have wondered the past few years: Why were we stuck with only CVS for
so long but then shortly after 2000 a whole flock of revision/version
control systems came along?
Actually, there were quite a few even before that. If you look at lists
of revision control systems, there were many different systems that were
all better than CVS. It's just that none of them were compelling enough
to cause a switch.
Did some particular technology mature? Some idea finally come of age?
Yes, it's called a laptop.
Suddenly the ability to work offline/disconnected was crucial.
I can explain to a developer the benefits of offline functionality and
they can see and use it really quickly with no training at all. That's
the definition of a "killer feature."
-a
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