----- Original Message ----
From: Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: twincling <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:55:58 AM
Subject: Re: [twincling] Which Source Control software is good for us?
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Saifi Khan wrote:
> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:07:57 +0530 (IST)
> From: Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] g.org>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com>
> To: twincling <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com>
> Subject: Re: [twincling] Which Source Control software is good for us?
>
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Satish Vellanki wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 04:41:03 +0530 (IST)
> > From: Satish Vellanki <satish_vell@ yahoo.co. in>
> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com>
> > To: twincling <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com>
> > Subject: [twincling] Which Source Control software is good for us?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are a group of 4 people, looking for a source control software(like SVN,
> > CVS...)
> > But we are having trouble in deciding the right one for us.
>
> This can be your starting point.
> http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Comparison_ of_open_source_ configuration_
> management_ software
>
> >
> > We use this primarily for websites. We want this in such a way that when a
> > developer commits some files they should be immediately visible on the web.
> > (We mount the source directory on server as the web application)
> > Both CVS and SVN save the files in some binary format and hence we will
> > have to check them out again from SVN/CVS for the changes to be visible on
> > the website.
>
>
> CVS stores the files in diff'd text format and *not* in binary !
>
> CVS + cvsweb is an ideal solution for your requirement.
>
> >
> > We need some source control software that can save the files on the
> > existing file system in the original format. I know there is a problem of
> > anyone with access to this server can modify these files but thats not an
> > issue since these servers are secured.
>
> CVS uses TEXT format and so it addresses your requirements !
> In fact that's one reason web developer's use CVS more than SVN.
>
> SVN uses db4 backend and supports other databases as well.
>
> For your requirements CVS is ideal !
>
> >
> > I hope I made it clear. Please let me know if you are aware of any such
> > tool.
> > An open source software would be good, not a problem even if it is
> > commercial.
> >
> > Btw, we are using Windows 2003 as server!
> >
>
> You can install CVS-nt + PERL + apache + cvsweb and you are in business !
>
>
Hello Satish:
Did the suggested approach work for you ?
What was your conclusion on this ?
Please share your observation and experience.
thanks
Saifi.
Hi Saifi,
I tried CVS and found that it is not what I was looking for. I cannot use the
CVS repository files as the website as it adds some information at the
beginning of the file.
Actually what I asked for is not what source control softwares do, may be I was
too specific in my needs.
We installed SVN at our place. We check out the module every time we make any
update to the web site, its just one command so its fine.
Thanks for your time
--
Satish Vellanki
http://cs.ttu.edu/~savellan/
