Angelo Mandato ha scritto:
It seems to be that there should be a hybrid of the two. It sounds like
SVN addresses the problem where one file in CVS may have been updated
for version 2.0 of what ever while other files are for version 1 and you
end up reverting back versions till you find the right file for that
version.
On the other hand, CVS seems ideal for well matured development where
the project is no longer undergoing major changes.
I think SVN is good to handle these kind of projects, too ;)
There is one fact though, I hesitated from using CVS for a long time
because I was unable to grasp the concept quickly. Though I did
eventually figure it out many other developers just throw their hands up
and walk away from contributing to open source projects. I got a friend
who rewrote and optimized the code for reading and writing files in the
id3lib C project but he just doesn't want to learn CVS to check them
in. I think the SVN has potential to attract other contributors.
I agree: I think SVN concepts are (slightly) easier to understand (like
one revision number for each commit, even if it span more than a single
file, etc).
But indeed, tools required to use SVN are easier to setup.
E.g. I remember that when I started to use CVS I had trouble with
setting up (at that time I was using windows) tortoisecvs/wincvs + plink
+ pageant...
With SVN it's easier:
svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mathstudio/trunk mathstudio
and IIRC on windows it requires only tortoiseSVN and not also an
external tool like putty suite...
Francesco
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