>>>>> "Holger" == Holger Stratmann <tigris@finch.de> writes:
Holger> Paul Koning wrote:
>> After getting the Insurrection complaints I then looked further,
>> and looked at ViewVC (formerly ViewCVS), and ended up selecting
>> that as our browser tool. The V1.0-dev version has decent
>> Subversion support. Yes, it doesn't add a whole lot, but then
>> again Subversion is in many ways similar to CVS ("culturally
>> compatible" -- "just like CVS but without the design errors")
>>
Holger> Yes, it "works", there's no doubt and no complaints about
Holger> that. However, I found one "big difference" between CVS and
Holger> Subversion - a "cultural difference" :-) IMHO, CVS is "file
Holger> centric" (who changed a specific file and when) while
Holger> Subversion is "revision centric" (who did anything and what
Holger> was it?). That's one of the main reasons I prefer Subversion
Holger> over CVS and I just have a strong feeling that WebSVN was
Holger> written with this idea in mind while ViewVC was just made
Holger> "Subversion compatible" but uses none of its additional
Holger> features...
Mostly true. Then again, given that we have a team which has used CVS
for 4 years and is changing over to Subversion as I write this, having
a browser that has a CVS-like style is actually a benefit in our case.
>> IOW "who made changes since the last good build of our code?"
>>
Holger> Yes, exactly. How do you find out in CVS and how do you find
Holger> out in ViewVC? In Subversion (command line), this is as
Holger> simple as "svn log [trunk]". It tells me exactly who made the
Holger> last changes and what they wrote about them. I expect *at
Holger> least* that of a "GUI".
Holger> In WebSVN, every single file and (!) every directory has a
Holger> "log"-link which shows exactly that. I have not found that in
Holger> ViewVC - directories have no dates and no history... (when I
Holger> last checked)
It does now. Very nice. It also has a "view a revision" by revision
number.
paul
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