Re: Proposal: Subversion Migration

[Andrew Ruder]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 07:41:01AM -0400, Adrian Robert wrote:
> 
> On Oct 10, 2005, at 10:56 PM, Andrew Ruder wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I am proposing that GNUstep migrate to using subversion (instead of
> >CVS).
> 
> I'm also in favor of this (keeping it on gnu.org if possible).. have 
> used subversion for a couple of years now and while it has quirks as 
> mentioned, the benefits are worth it.  I've not used the WEBDAV server 
> though, and frankly haven't seen the benefits of it (vs. the setup 
> complexity).  Direct access and over-ssh have worked for us.

The authz stuff in the WEBDAV server gives much more fine-grained ACLs.
I can give people rights to certain directories within a repository.
For whatever reason, the WEBDAV server also seems to be much better
supported in subversion plugins to popular IDEs (VS.NET, Eclipse).

> We should definitely have a page somewhere on the wiki that goes over 
> the repository layout we settle on as well as a rundown of commonly 
> used commands (like the patch diff incantations posted) that might not 
> be easy for newcomers to remember/find.

Definitely.  It would be more than useful to have a page setup with a
couple of the "recipes" for subversion.

- Andy

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