[ale] Subversion?

[David Corbin]

On Wednesday 14 January 2004 08:56, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I'm in a position to decide on a versioning control system for our
> company's dev team.  Naturally, my first thought was CVS, but I've seen a
> few blips for Subversion (subversion.tigris.org) and must say I like some
> of the features (http://svnbook.red-bean.com/html-chunk/ch01s03.html).
>
> I am, however, concerned by the relative newness of the project, and I
> really haven't heard of many folks using it in a production environment.
> I find that a sometimes helpful measure regarding the quality of a tool is
> the amount of buzz/activity surrounding a tool, and I honestly haven't
> seen a lot.  Of course, it could be I'm looking in the wrong places :).

I've heard some buzz about Subversion of late (several sources).  Not enough 
to make me consider it, but perhaps in another year.  If I can't using 
Perforce for some reason, that is.


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David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>