[Gllug] subversion

[Richard Jones]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 09:47:30AM +0000, Jan Kokoska wrote:
> So if you are talking about a project size of kernel, fine, but let me
> say I am happy not working on that -- mind bogglingly massive.
> 
> Are you working on any project commercial or libre, that does actually
> need darcs/arch/bk?

I don't think it's a matter of size.  Have a look at my final
paragraph:

> > The practical upshot of this is that I can develop free software and
> > it's much simpler for others to join in.  If I find another developer
> > willing to help out, I don't need to mess around with ssh keys giving
> > them a "committer" account on my CVS server.  Consider that most
> > developers will stick around very briefly, some will pop up from time
> > to time, and only a very few will become dedicated to providing
> > patches to the project.  I now no longer need to worry about which of
> > these will become "committers", but instead concentrate on whether or
> > not to accept individual patches.

This is the crux of the case.

Of course it won't apply to company-internal repositories.  Merjis
uses CVS and a central server for that purpose, and that's not likely
to change, at least while CVS is supported.

Rich.

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