"C. Michael Pilato" <cmpilato@collab.net> writes:
> Christophe Labouisse <gabuzo@tigris.org> writes:
>
> > When trying to import my whole CVS repository with cvs2svn.pl
> > 0.51...
>
> Christophe, this is not aimed at you. I'm just using your mail as a
> springboard.
>
> I have two strong opinions regarding cvs2svn.pl:
>
> 1. It is carelessly named, as it will inevitably be confused with
> cvs2svn.py. My recommendation is that the author be a little
> more creative, and a lot more sensitive to the fact that
> scripts are often referred to without their
> interpreter-indicating filename extensions. In my mind,
> "cvs2svn" *means* cvs2svn.py -- don't mess with my head.
>
> 2. It is not part of Subversion itself, does not live in
> Subversion's tree, and is not distributed with Subversion. So
> please, while it's fine to announce new releases here, kindly
> take further discussion to a list dedicated to this entirely
> different product.
I've got another one right here:
3. cvs2svn.py is the result of hundreds of man-hours and a helluva lot
of careful testing of a helluva lot of tricky edge cases, gargantuan
repositories, and busted RCS files. Why should I trust my
*historical*data* to a script that has no visible test suite?
-Fitz
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Brian W. Fitzpatrick <fitz_at_red-bean.com> http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/
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Received on Thu Nov 13 22:34:05 2003