That was my fault I did kind of mix thoughts. I am installing a version management system for our project but at the same time I wanted to access projects using CVS already.
You guys did answer my question though- Mani On 6/30/05, Don Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I apologize, in your original email I thought that you were looking for > an intro to setting up CVS. If there is already a CVS repository set > up, you'll need to use a CVS client to access it. There is no mixing > and matching Subversion and CVS. > > The only tip I can offer for working with a CVS repository is that > TortoiseCVS is a great generic client that can be used: > http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ > > I'm sure some other folks around here have used it more extensively. > TortoiseCVS has some decent built-in help, as far as explaining what the > different functions do. > > Don Petersen > > On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 17:48 -0400, Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: > > Thanks, > > > > I do plan on setting it up for our project but what about accessing > > stuff from a project that already uses CVS - will I be able to use CVS > > by learning subversion? > > > > > > On 6/30/05, Don Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Somebody brought this up on Flashcoders an hour ago or so as well. I > > > would say this: > > > > > > Try Subversion. > > > > > > When I looked at source control solutions for my office, there were very > > > few compelling reasons to use CVS now that Subversion is mature. The > > > workflow is very very similar, and it's a better solution in many ways. > > > The only reason that I saw to stick with CVS over SVN was that CVS is > > > still a more supported solution by third-parties. On a whole, CVS seems > > > like it is more widely supported by various applications, but that's > > > changing rapidly. > > > > > > The Subversion Book is a great resource to get up to speed on setting up > > > and using the product. > > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ > > > > > > TortoiseSVN is a great generic SVN client for Windows: > > > http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ > > > > > > I don't mean to avoid your question. It's just my opinion that if you > > > were planning on going with CVS, you might as well go with SVN > > > instead. > > > > > > Don Petersen > > > > > > On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 16:38 -0400, Manuel Saint-Victor wrote: > > > > Hey everybody- > > > > Can someone point me to a CVS intro that's easy to learn? I see all of > > > > this great stuff goin on but someof my fundamentals are still not in > > > > place to jump on the bandwagon. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Mani > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > osflash mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > osflash mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
