Thanks for your commentary. Please see below for more.
On 4/1/06, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <kalin@thinrope.net> wrote:
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> No, unless subversion implements a single file checkout (not in the near
> future) that will be too much overhead.
OK, I accept that without single-file-checkout this is probably not
feasible.
>> Text files you can edit inside the browser. Either the extension or
> >> the web app will provide the programmer's equivalent of a WYSIWYG
> >> editor: a text editor with syntax highlighting and smart indentation.
>
> Subversion cannot work without a working copy. So you'll need one any
> way.
> Do you keep it on the server (imagine 2K people trying to edit one
> text file each at the same time)?
> Or on the client (imagine those 2K AJAX sessions)?
The idea was to keep a working copy (perhaps one per user?) on the server.
But again - this is probably infeasible.
>> Does this idea make sense to anyone here? I'm a full-time C/C++
> >> programmer and software engineer, not a web developer, so I'm
> >> unlikely to do it, but I'd like to know if anyone but me thinks it's
> >> a good idea, and perhaps willing to work on it.
> As it seems - not to me. At least not in its current state.
The fact that the application is currently infeasible does not make the idea
itself bad.
> Maybe it will help if I'll explain the motive for this idea. There are a
> > few SVN browsers, like WebSVN and ViewVC. They are nice, but they only
> > allow read access. What they miss is an easy way to download a file,
> > edit it (in an external application) and then commit the changes.
>
> So you want everything, the kitchen sink included?
> May not be that good of an idea. Make simple tools that interoperate
> cleanly, one tool - one task, every tool the best for its task.
No, not everything. I was aiming for something that allows quick and
painless access to the repository. Downloading software is not the issue
here. Most developers I met this already use Firefox..
This above may seem too harsh, but my belief is that all users should be
> certified before ever touching a networked PC (and nowadays all are
> networked :^) It is no less dangerous than driving a car without a
> license if you think about it.
I agree with you on that. I was just trying to figure out a way of improving
the lives of myself and other developers. In light of your comments, I
agree this currently makes no sense.
Thanks,
Noam.
Received on Sun Apr 2 09:49:20 2006