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Re: Crazy idea? Remote SVN client for the Subversion-impaired

From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-02-27 23:42:44 CET

John Burwell wrote:
> It's not because they don't understand or are somehow otherwise
> deficient, they just don't care. They use tools such as computers to do
> their work; computers are not the work itself, as it might be for a
> developer. If there's anything to differentiate "us" and "them" it would
> be that they expect computers to stay out of their way. Subversion is a
> huge interference to someone who just wants the computer to help them
> create something.
>
> There are other workflows designed with designers in mind.

I don't imagine any of those workflows involve just doing whatever you
want on the disk. Can you describe something you think is better that
has some way to put all your files back the way they were 2 or 3
revisions ago?

> Maybe
> Subversion just isn't right for the "subversion-impaired." Other tools
> do exist that might better fit the needs of the users in this case.

If you work in text, the value of 'show me the differences from some
date or revision' is obvious enough that people will understand the
times they need to commit. If you work in groups, people can understand
  the time to commit as when they want others to be able to pick up
their changes and update as when they pick up what others have done. If
you work by yourself on something that isn't text and never go back to
earlier revisions, maybe subversion isn't the right thing. What are you
hoping to get from it?

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com
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