Graham Leggett <minfrin@sharp.fm> writes:
> friedbert.widmann@hoerbiger.com wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me, how far is the integration of SQL databases for
> > backends in Subversion?
> > We are interested in using Subversion for our SCM - but managing a Berkeley
> > DB beside our existing Microsoft SQL Server isn´t our aim.
>
> We have chosen the fsfs backend for our system, which to date has
> needed zero administration. I feel happier with keeping something
> fundamental like source code in as simple a system as possible - to me
> SQL is complexity that doesn't seem to add any value.
The value-add for an SQL backend is mainly two-fold:
* Trivial, customizable reporting. Write any query you want to
suck whatever data out of the repository you so desire, munge it
for human consumption, and you're done. No changes to core
Subversion required at all.
* Enterprise buzzwordiness. Some folks (for reason I neither
understand nor offer justification for) just don't feel good if
there data doesn't live in the database system they're forking
out the big bucks for.
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Received on Mon Mar 7 19:05:14 2005