Re: fork()

William Lahti <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Jan 2006 13:44:57 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.graphics.y.devel
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I do think a lot of people (myself included) were put off by the need to
learn a totally new SCM system. I hear SVN is much more similiar to CVS (an=
d
thus easier for people who know CVS to learn). Yeah, I vote for SVN.

On 1/7/06, Augie Fackler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The other nice thing about subversion is that it would allow those
> who want/need to be distributed to be so through use of svk. I recall
> arch getting in the way more than anything as well.
>
> On Jan 7, 2006, at 11:02 AM, James Harr wrote:
>
> > I vote subversion as well.
> >
> > - Subversion is, for a lot of users, a lot easier to learn. It has
> > really well written documentation and provides several comparisons to
> > CVS. arch only seemed to get in the way of people. It's really a great
> > piece of software, but it seemed to disenchant a lot of people.
> > - Y-windows is going to have little need for a distributed repository.
> > There will be a few people working on it a lot (direct commit
> > privileges) and possibly a lot of people doing tiny bugfixes, which
> > can be made into patches and then submitted. Anyone who needs to do
> > any branching/merging or moving of files will probably have direct
> > commit access to the repository, so there is no need for arch's
> > patches that handle changes to directories.
> > - For what I've used subversion for it seems to fit the bill for the
> > Y-Windows project.
> >
> > There's my two cents.
> >
> > -jh
> >
> > On 1/7/06, Harrison Caudill <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 1/6/06, Kristian Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>> But I have to admit, that I have not tryed it in person - though
> >>> I am
> >>> planing to.
> >>
> >> Considering the number of people involved in this, and the magnitude
> >> of our undertaking, I recommend we limit our experimentation to
> >> graphics, not source control.
> >>
> >> I vote subversion.
> >>
> >> Harrison
> >>
> >> --
> >> Harrison Caudill BS BS               |  .^        www.hypersphere.org
> >> Computer Science & Physics Graduate  |  | Me*Me=3D1
> >> Georgia Institute of Technology      | v'         I'm just a
> >> normal guy
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > James Harr <[email protected]>
> >
>
>
>
>

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I do think a lot of people (myself included) were put off by the need to le=
arn a totally new SCM system. I hear SVN is much more similiar to CVS (and =
thus easier for people who know CVS to learn). Yeah, I vote for SVN.<br>
<br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1/7/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sendernam=
e">Augie Fackler</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">durin@sbcgl=
obal.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"bo=
rder-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding=
-left: 1ex;">
The other nice thing about subversion is that it would allow those<br>who w=
ant/need to be distributed to be so through use of svk. I recall<br>arch ge=
tting in the way more than anything as well.<br><br>On Jan 7, 2006, at 11:0=
2 AM, James Harr wrote:
<br><br>&gt; I vote subversion as well.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; - Subversion is, fo=
r a lot of users, a lot easier to learn. It has<br>&gt; really well written=
 documentation and provides several comparisons to<br>&gt; CVS. arch only s=
eemed to get in the way of people. It's really a great
<br>&gt; piece of software, but it seemed to disenchant a lot of people.<br=
>&gt; - Y-windows is going to have little need for a distributed repository=
.<br>&gt; There will be a few people working on it a lot (direct commit
<br>&gt; privileges) and possibly a lot of people doing tiny bugfixes, whic=
h<br>&gt; can be made into patches and then submitted. Anyone who needs to =
do<br>&gt; any branching/merging or moving of files will probably have dire=
ct
<br>&gt; commit access to the repository, so there is no need for arch's<br=
>&gt; patches that handle changes to directories.<br>&gt; - For what I've u=
sed subversion for it seems to fit the bill for the<br>&gt; Y-Windows proje=
ct.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; There's my two cents.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; -jh<br>&gt;<br>&gt; =
On 1/7/06, Harrison Caudill &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:Harrison.Caudill@hypersph=
ere.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;&gt; On 1/6=
/06, Kristian Mueller &lt;
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; &lt;snip&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;&gt; B=
ut I have to admit, that I have not tryed it in person - though<br>&gt;&gt;=
&gt; I am
<br>&gt;&gt;&gt; planing to.<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Considering the number=
 of people involved in this, and the magnitude<br>&gt;&gt; of our undertaki=
ng, I recommend we limit our experimentation to<br>&gt;&gt; graphics, not s=
ource control.
<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; I vote subversion.<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Harriso=
n<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; --<br>&gt;&gt; Harrison Caudill BS BS&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |&=
nbsp;&nbsp;.^&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"htt=
p://www.hypersphere.org">www.hypersphere.org
</a><br>&gt;&gt; Computer Science &amp; Physics Graduate&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;=
&nbsp;| Me*Me=3D1<br>&gt;&gt; Georgia Institute of Technology&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;| v'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
I'm just a<br>&gt;&gt; normal guy<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br=
>&gt; James Harr &lt;
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>&gt=
;<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>

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