SVN battle plan? was Re: [development] bzr battle plan

Gabor Hojtsy gabor at hojtsy.hu
Sat Nov 26 21:43:29 UTC 2005


>> but I really do think we need to
>> give cvs the boot. SVN is far simpler to comprehend, and script.
> 
> Indeed, I really think CVS actually does harm in the confusion it causes
> for new  users. SVN is a little bit more intuitive, and it's easier to
> fix mistakes (versioned directories, "svn move" and "svn rename").
> 
> But we are left with the same questions:
> 
> Will Dries ever approve the move to SVN?
> What would it take for that to happen?
> What do we need to do to make it happen?

This is quite easy to answer. Software support is not in place
(drupal.org commit tracking, project module, etc) for SVN. First this
needs to be done for a version management system, before a switch can be
considered.

Goba


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