RE: Moving from "Merant Version Manager" to Subversion

>Hi there,
>We are using VM8 (Merant Version Manager) as source control. We might not be able to continue with the VM8 and I am wondering if Subversion is a good >choice. We have over 7000 files written in C/C++, Java, SQL, Perl and PowerBuilder,....
>My questions are:
>1. Is Subvesion a good choice for moving from VM8 to this tools?

Well, that is really up to you. Svn is different. While VM uses the lock-edit-checkin workflow subversion uses the edit-merge-commit workflow. I suggest you read the first few chapters of the svn book to get a handle on it. The book is online at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn-book.html

>2. If yes, are there any tools to move the source file with their histories to Subversion? (i.e. each files have different versions and labels in VM8, how we can move the files with their history, not only the last version of the file?

I personally have used the svniporter from Poliran to do this. http://www.polarion.com/products/svn/svn_importer.php It bring is all history/lables/change messages.

>3. Is Subversion Free or we need to buy the license? If it is not free, how much is it?

It is Open Source, there is no license fee to use it.

>4. Is there a trial version available for testing?

Since it is open source you can just get it, and try it.

BOb

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Received on 2009-07-29 23:41:22 CEST