On Aug 7, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Shan wrote:
Even though it's brought up pretty much weekly, nobody on the Versions team has even hinted that they're working on it. The other decent OS X SVN client, Cornerstone, also lacks this feature, and they seem to be equally unresponsive (they don't even support SVN 1.6 yet). I'm giving the Versions team about a week to respond saying that they're working on it, before abandoning it and switching to Syncro SVN. Yes, it's written in Java, but supporting all basic SVN commands is better than not. http://www.syncrosvnclient.com
Wow, I had forgotten how horrendous Syncro SVN looks. (It's like Eclipse's cousin, and I don't mean that as a compliment.) I can't even think where I might look to perform a merge... It makes me appreciate the Versions interface all the more. I think I'd rather merge by hand from Terminal than deal with such a busy, non-obvious interface. :-/
Please don't take offense at this, but personally I get tired of people making demands or issuing ultimatums on this list. As a consumer, you can vote with your dollars, but it's unbecoming to act as though one has a bigger stake in the app, let alone the mandate to order the developers around. I don't imagine that such was your intent, but similar emails seem to come off that way. Especially when you post to a group list rather than just leaving it between you and the devs — it has the feel of attempting the embarrass them publicly, and that doesn't win any friends.
I happen to know that the devs are working hard on both 1.1 and 2.0 releases of Versions. Can you imagine that they would possibly NOT be working on merge? Given the pent-up demand, it would be borderline suicidal for the app. Nobody likes to hear "it will be done when it's done", but it's a well-known fact that if you rush software, you get crappy software. (Anyone ever tried eating 30-minute brownies that have cooked for 5 minutes?) I'd rather wait for merge done right than deal with merge done poorly now.
My 2¢, - Quinn
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