Comments on: The Bumpy Road to Subversion http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/22/the-bumpy-road-to-subversion Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Faried Nawaz http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/22/the-bumpy-road-to-subversion/comment-page-1#comment-17 Faried Nawaz Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:32:52 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=22#comment-17 The thing is, if I store my repo on a server somewhere all my commit/etc operations slow down (yes, I know svn diff is fast). I can't use my home machine as a server because I use dialup, and I'm only online from home for a couple of hours a night, if that. The thing is, if I store my repo on a server somewhere all my commit/etc operations slow down (yes, I know svn diff is fast). I can’t use my home machine as a server because I use dialup, and I’m only online from home for a couple of hours a night, if that.

]]> By: Nat Irons http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/22/the-bumpy-road-to-subversion/comment-page-1#comment-16 Nat Irons Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:32:27 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=22#comment-16 If you think the Subversion installation process was bumpy, just wait until you're motivated to install Trac. It's pretty terrific once it's up and running, but it's the pickiest unix installation (with the most external dependencies) that I've dealt with in OS X. I can relate to the BDB failures -- I was using subversion when those problems cropped up, and I lost most of two repositories before fsfs became available. I've been using fsfs since the 1.1 release candidates, though, and I've never had a reliability problem. Why is distributed versioning appealing? The cost of exposing a server to the internet, or creating user accounts for the typically low number of committers on even very large projects, seems negligible. My Trac/Subversion server is a blue and white G3 with a dyndns account. If you think the Subversion installation process was bumpy, just wait until you’re motivated to install Trac. It’s pretty terrific once it’s up and running, but it’s the pickiest unix installation (with the most external dependencies) that I’ve dealt with in OS X.

I can relate to the BDB failures — I was using subversion when those problems cropped up, and I lost most of two repositories before fsfs became available. I’ve been using fsfs since the 1.1 release candidates, though, and I’ve never had a reliability problem.

Why is distributed versioning appealing? The cost of exposing a server to the internet, or creating user accounts for the typically low number of committers on even very large projects, seems negligible. My Trac/Subversion server is a blue and white G3 with a dyndns account.

]]> By: Daniel Jalkut http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/22/the-bumpy-road-to-subversion/comment-page-1#comment-10 Daniel Jalkut Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:04:10 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=22#comment-10 Intersting page. After having such a relatively difficult time embracing what seems to be the current darling of the Open Source world, I'm having a hard time building up determination to try anything more obscure than Subversion! Let me know if you try Darcs and get convinced that I should unbury my head from the sand :) Intersting page. After having such a relatively difficult time embracing what seems to be the current darling of the Open Source world, I’m having a hard time building up determination to try anything more obscure than Subversion!

Let me know if you try Darcs and get convinced that I should unbury my head from the sand :)

]]> By: Faried Nawaz http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/22/the-bumpy-road-to-subversion/comment-page-1#comment-9 Faried Nawaz Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:48:08 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/?p=22#comment-9 I used subversion for several years for my personal projects (2001?-2004). Then I had a disk crash on my main dev box, and stopped doing development on my home computers for a while (I didn't lose my repos -- they were backed up to another machine periodically). I'm thinking of starting a couple of projects soon, but now I'm wondering if I should try distributed versioning tools, like darcs. For a list, see http://www.zooko.com/revision_control_quick_ref.html Big upside for me: no single repository. This is a major plus if I ever decide to allow others to work on my code. I don't have to set up a repo server, give out accounts, or anything like that. As long as the people I'm working with have email + pgp or a web site, we can collaborate. Downsides: poor (if any) integration with emacs or xcode, fewer users, not as complete. I used subversion for several years for my personal projects (2001?-2004). Then I had a disk crash on my main dev box, and stopped doing development on my home computers for a while (I didn’t lose my repos — they were backed up to another machine periodically). I’m thinking of starting a couple of projects soon, but now I’m wondering if I should try distributed versioning tools, like darcs. For a list, see http://www.zooko.com/revision_control_quick_ref.html

Big upside for me: no single repository. This is a major plus if I ever decide to allow others to work on my code. I don’t have to set up a repo server, give out accounts, or anything like that. As long as the people I’m working with have email + pgp or a web site, we can collaborate.

Downsides: poor (if any) integration with emacs or xcode, fewer users, not as complete.

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