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> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:30:06 +0100, Cooke, Mark wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Nico Kadel-Garcia [mailto:nkadel_at_gmail.com]
> >> Sent: 24 March 2012 03:14
> >> To: Ben Stover
> >> Cc: Subversion Users
> >> Subject: Re: Which is the most used/best Windows Subversion
> >> distribution?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Ben Stover
> >> <bxstover_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > When I go to the download page for the Subversion binaries
> >> > for WindowsOS:
> >> >
> >> > http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html
> >> >
> >> > Then there are 5 different packages:
> >> >
> >> > CollabNet (supported and certified by CollabNet;
> >> > requires registration)
> >> > SlikSVN (32- and 64-bit client MSI; maintained by Bert
> >> > Huijben, SharpSvn project)
> >> > VisualSVN (client and server; supported and maintained
> >> > by VisualSVN)
> >> > WANdisco (32- and 64-bit client and server; supported
> >> > and certified by WANdisco)
> >> > Win32Svn (32-bit client, server and bindings, MSI and
> >> > ZIPs; maintained by David Darj)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > What are the differences between them?
> >> >
> >>
> >> It Depends(tm). Some are supposed to be IDE's, such as
> >> SlikSVN and VisualSVN. But the most commonly used, and
> >> probably best, Subversion for Windows is TortoiseSVN. The
> >> very good GUI and the well integrated behavior with Windows
> >> interfaces make it very easy to use,
> >>
> >> Another popular Windows command line tool suite is in CygWin,
> >> which is the compiltion envionment for many Windows tools.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Which one is the "best supported"/most compatible?
> >> >
> >> > Which one is the most widely used in WinOS world?
> >> >
> >>
> >> In my obvservatoin, TortoiseSVN, which is GUI based.
> >>
> >As Nico already said "it depends". You do not say exactly
> what you want... Most importantly are you looking to setup
> repositories (you want the server stuff) or just connect to
> existing ones (just the client)?
>
> >If you need the server stuff, do you want to configure it
> all yourself (Alagazam includes lots of bindings for python
> etc) or go for a pre-packaged solution (look for Bitnami or
> WANdisco's uberSVN)?
>
> >If just the client, then do you want it integrated with
> Visual Studio (Slik and Visual) or just to work through
> Explorer (TortoiseSVN) or just the command line (also
> Tortoise if you select the command line tools in the
> setup app or alagazam or WANDdisco or....)?
>
> >Hope that starts to explain the differences between them!
>
> >~ mark c
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Stover [mailto:bxstover_at_yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: 28 March 2012 12:47
> To: Subversion Users
> Cc: Nico Kadel-Garcia; Cooke, Mark
> Subject: RE: Which is the most used/best Windows Subversion
> server distribution?
>
> Hello Mark (& others),
>
> thank you for the answers.
>
> I am searching SVN server software.
> pre-packaged solutions preferred/required (without python
> stuff if possible).
>
> As previously mentioned the bottom of page
> http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html
> shows 5 server packages.
>
> I need a comparison and recommendation which package to select for
> a.) Linux as server platform
> b) Windows as server platform
>
> Is there a rough "market share" estimation?
>
> The server should later be accessible from Eclipse or
> TortoiseSVN Client
> No VisualStudio integretion necessary
>
> Can you give me some hints?
>
> Ben
>
OK, I can only give some pointers as my background is a self-install on Windoze.
My understanding for linux is to go with whatever your package provider already has for you (I use ubuntu at home and just followed one of the many "how to"s on the net). However, take a look at WANdisco's uberSVN which (AFAIK) aims to deal with installation / setup issues for you (for free).
For windows I would suggest looking up the BitNami subversion stack (Victoria from BitNami seems to be pretty responsive to questions on this list) and/or WANdisco's uberSVN again. Ooo, it looks like BitNami provide support for *nix too (http://bitnami.org/stack/subversion)...
No idea about "market share" as such and any properly configured server will work for any client you choose to use.
Good luck and let us know what works best for you.
~ mark c
Received on 2012-03-28 14:00:32 CEST