[Ilugc] cvs, version control sys - help
- From: srsy70@xxxxxxxxx (S.Ramaswamy)
- Date: Sat Jul 30 22:08:20 2005
When I mentioned "subversion" as the option, they want
to use cvs as they feel it is well proven, is much of
standards like stuffs etc.,
Subversion is also proven - Mono, KDE, GCC have all gone the SVN way.
SVN is five years old and quite stable. Check out the testimonials and
CVS comparison sections on subversion.tigris.org.
The problem is like this. Right now, there is a server
(hp-ux)and around 10 developers are working on their codes
currently in different directories. The problem is there
is only one account/username shared by all the users and we
cannot get individual account in the server for each and
every person. I heard something like cvs will identify
the commits based on the login name. If that is the case,
in the above scenario there will be problem.
With SVN you don't have to cache your auth info and can supply it when
executing a svn command.
Is there any way to share the same account and still
maintain code efficiently by different developers without
any problem.
I have started reading documentation and started to lay
my hands on cvs on unix.
I have heard of some HP-UX specific issues with SVN - If after some
research you find that it's not serious, SVN would be a better choice.
Since I have only worked on wincvs(by blindly checking in
and check out wihtout knowing what is happening internally),
that too 3 years ago, I dont know much.
Any suggestion from the experts are most welcome.
ILUGC list is the best place place to get SVN advice - I suspect one
or two folks who work on SVN hang out here ;-)
Ramaswamy
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