Re: [PATCHES] CVS should die

2004-11-05 Thread Neil Conway
Thomas Hallgren wrote: Another compelling reason to use SVN is that one of their long term goals is to use an SQL backend. That is about as far from a "compelling reason" to use a particular version control system as I can imagine. -Neil ---(end of broadcast)-

Re: [PATCHES] CVS should die

2004-11-05 Thread Thomas Hallgren
Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote: Yes, some do. At least SVN (Subversion) can handle moves very well, and especially it doesn't loose history on moves/renames. SVN holds it's repo entries in a database like 'filesystem', which can be backed by BDB4 or flat files (as of 1.1). SVN has proven to be stable i

Re: [PATCHES] CVS should die

2004-11-04 Thread Christopher Browne
In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Lane) transmitted: > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Can this be discussed for 8.1? > > It's been discussed, and rejected, several times already. There > aren't any alternatives that are enough better than

Re: [PATCHES] CVS should die

2004-11-04 Thread Gaetano Mendola
Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Can this be discussed for 8.1? > > > It's been discussed, and rejected, several times already. There aren't > any alternatives that are enough better than CVS to be worth the > changeover effort. The effort is not so big: http://cvs

Re: [PATCHES] CVS should die (was: Possible make_oidjoins_check ...)

2004-11-04 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can this be discussed for 8.1? It's been discussed, and rejected, several times already. There aren't any alternatives that are enough better than CVS to be worth the changeover effort. regards, tom lane --