FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: SCM

[Erik Jaesler <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Totally wacky idea, but it may be worth mentioning that there doesn't 
seem to be any *technical* reason why one couldn't have the same batch 
of files being managed in all 3 tools -- cvs, svn, and perforce.  It 
does make things rather painful in terms of keeping the repository 
up-to-date with all 3 tools, not to mention handling check-ins, etc. 
However, if some intrepid individual were to configure things so that 
the svn and p4 repositories kept themselves in sync with cvs more or 
less automatically, perhaps a few of our more prolific contributors 
could be convinced to run with this sort of set up for a while.  It 
would allow them to get a real grip on how each of the tools felt to 
work with on our code base without having to commit to a particular 
tool.  I think we could trust those "more prolific contributors" ;) to 
make a good decision based on their experience and just go with that.

If/when we move from SF, it would be hard to argue against using either 
of them -- svn or p4 -- simply because they're better options than cvs.

e

Nik Derewianka wrote:

> If someone is so inclined - i have svn+apache running on my server which 
> i have created an empty haiku repository on.  If someone wants to 
> populate the haiku repositry with a copy of the current tree and 
> therefore allow other devs to try working with it rather than everyone 
> conjecturing about which system is hypothetically better - then please 
> get in touch with me and i will give you the account details for 
> uploading etc.   I dont think its going to be a straight dump of files 
> so i cannot offer to do the setup myself as i know nothing about the 
> current haiku setup :P
>
> At this point in time i cannot offer full hosting services for it yet 
> until we get our link upgraded (most likely in the next month or so).
>
> Regards,
> Nik