Hi Jeff and Emmitt As I don't do proper 'development' myself, I don't use version control for my programming, but I do use version control for all but the most trivial of my documentation projects, and it's Subversion (SVN) (http://subversion.tigris.org/).
The main documentation repository is on a remote linux server; it holds all the FrameMaker files, together with supporting material (diagrams, photos, screenshots, program code) and source documents (OpenOffice, M$ Office, Rational Rose, etc.). I access it through a VPN. One of my colleagues runs mostly linux, so he tends to use SVN directly through the command interface; because I run mostly Windows, I use TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.net/) to do my updates and commits. The combination (SVN and TortoiseSVN) works brilliantly; a couple of clicks, and it's done. We used to use Visual SourceSafe, but it would only run on Windows, it often fell over when used across the VPN, and it actually managed to inflate some files instead of compressing them. It was also expensive! We switched to SVN about four years ago, and have never looked back. (And if anyone is still labouring along with CVS, I recommend that you give SVN a try -- it's like going from dBase to R:Base! 'Yes, that was the way we used to have to do it, but now we've got the real thing!') That's my three ha'p'orth. Cheers Merf On 20 Feb 2008 at 10:11, Emmitt Dove wrote: > We use Visual Source Safe in our environment. > > Emmitt Dove > Manager, DairyPak Business Systems > Evergreen Packaging, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (203) 643-8022 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jeffrey M. Watson Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:02 AM To: > RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - [Spam]use SVN? > > Just a quick poll, who here is using any revision control software > with their development? Because it's a fantastic improvement to any > development cycle. :-) I put in an enhancement request but I was > curious as to how many people were aware of such excellence and or > actively using it. > > Jeff Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tube Methods, Inc. > 610-279-7700 > -- Merf Adamson Technical Author CuPROSOFT Ltd 18 LS8 2NW UK +44 (0)113 293 5698 +44 (0)7966 186856 'Documents That Do The Job'
