[Gllug] Moving from CVS

[Doug Winter]

Richard Jones wrote:
> As I understand it, Subversion uses some sort of strange binary format
> for the repository.
> 
> CVS has its problems for sure, but at least I can go in there with a
> text editor and get my vital data out.
> 
> Is no one else concerned about this?

The binary format isn't so strange - it's a bsddb.  You can also use a 
new format "fsfs" that sounds rather better - but that's binary too, and 
potentially more strange:

http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/fsfs

I was initially concerned about the opacity of the repository, since 
obviously it takes time to trust software - but I've been using svn 
heavily for a year now and it's given me very little trouble.

Cheers,

doug.

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