Paul Lussier wrote:
> I know I'm new here, and am not a contributor in any sense, so I
> don't really have any say either, but isn't there a way that both
> could be accomplished?
>
> ...
>
> Does CVS really need replacing? It's hobbled along for so long that
> everyone using it is pretty comfortable with the way it works.
> Couldn't they survive until not only something better came along,
> but until the *best* something else came along?
I'm not a contributor either, but I *am* one of the people involved in
maintaining CVS at a reasonably-sized organization, and I can
categorically state that I am *not* "pretty comfortable" with the way
it works.
I can tolerate it, for the most part, but hardly a day passes that I
don't wish for something better. I can live with the fact that
branching and tagging take about fifteen minutes each, since it's only
my time that's being spent, but I feel vaguely dirty every time I have
to explain to a user that there's no sane way to rename a file, or
that directories aren't versioned at all.
Something that strongly resembles CVS while addressing its more
obvious shortcomings would be a great blessing, which is why I'm
eagerly looking forward to Subversion 1.0, as are about half the folks
I know.
Dan
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Received on Fri Oct 11 00:29:09 2002