Re: WinCVS vs VSS

Gerhard Fiedler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.gui.user
Organization cvsnt.org news server
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2006-10-05 20:31:07, Alan Dayley wrote:

>> Can anyone help me make the case for WinCVS? 
> 
> My little anecdote about 3 different projects enviornments in which I
> have worked.
> 
> - VSS, 1 year, 4 developers.  2 repository corruptions.
> - VSS, 5 years, 3-5 developers.  Average of 3 repository corruptions
> per year requiring a restore from tape backup.
> - CVS server with WinCVS clients, 4 years, 6 developers.  Zero
> repository corruptions.

I can second that. Especially when using the repository with offsite
developers, VSS is really bad in this respect.

Gerhard



 
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