Concerning Re: Subversion Problem - How to sav
Erik Huelsmann wrote on 11 Jul 2008, 13:38, at least in part:
> Well, it *is* subversion's place to decide which features to support
> and which ones not. It also *is* Subversions obligation to provide you
> with a stable platform which you can depend on. Implementing the
> strictly necessary features is one of the ways of limiting chances at
> instability.
Admitted, and I don't deny the core developers to decide what to
implement or not, they even may decide to turn SVN into a
musicbox or a submarine for that matter, and I certainly don't want
to open the can of arguments once more, but what I don't get is
Why last modified time is harmful, but commit time not. Other
networked implementations rely on the use of a specified
timeserver as well, so running computer clocks should not be an
issue.
> If you want tools which have all the features - but get none of them
> exactly right - you can always buy MS software.
For the time being I can do with the workarounds and from time to
time when a reasonable workflow requires it I deliberately break
these workarounds, risking data loss.
At this moment I am not actively testing alternatives, so it might
happen that either the things I find wanting will be implemented
sometime or my need for them goes away by a different
environment (or both as these kind of things are). But I keep an
eye on developments by competitors. Just as I do with Linux:
when finding there finally are true competitors for the chief
applications I use running under Linux I will switch to Linux. Like a
HTML editor that matches Homesite or a word processor or image
editor which don't define themselves for about 50% by JUST NOT
BEING LIKE THE MS/ADOBE PRODUCT. That's not a value of its
own and I gladly state that this is not a notion of Subversion folks.
> If you think Subversion is missing functionality, you can always write
> your own client: Subversion is just a set of libraries; the actual
> code in the SVN client is extremely limited. You could even write your
> own client in another language than C: we have language bindings for
> Java, Python, Perl, Ruby and Scheme and are willing to accept others.
Thanks for reminding me I have no degree from RWTH Aachen!
<G> Seriously I have neither the knowledge nor the time to do that.
Have a fine day!
Jan Hendrik
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Received on 2008-07-11 18:33:23 CEST