From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 6 13:38:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F140216A420 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:38:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-0-0-cust107.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.104.168.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41D943D55 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:38:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FGFuN-0000sn-Md; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:37:55 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:37:55 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Nik Clayton Message-ID: <20060306133755.GB85550@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Nik Clayton , Ollivier Robert , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org References: <20060304141957.14716.qmail@web32705.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060304152433.W61086@fledge.watson.org> <200603051930.25957.peter@wemm.org> <20060306102622.GB21025@tara.freenix.org> <440C3784.6090305@ngo.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <440C3784.6090305@ngo.org.uk> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Subversion? (Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:38:04 -0000 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 01:22:12PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > Ollivier Robert wrote: > >According to Peter Wemm: > >>Like perforce, it is fully client/server, but it has some considerable= =20 > >>advantages over perforce: > >> > >>1) It has fairly good detached operation modes. You can do logs, diffs= ,=20 > >>reverts, etc while detached. It does this by keeping metadata and a=20 > >>small number of revisions cached locally. > > > >In my opinion, it is not enough. You can't svn commit on a detached mod= e. > >You can't work as if you were connected, commit several csets, go back o= ne > >and so on. That's too limiting. >=20 > And when you need that, you use svk, which others have pointed out.=20 I find the aspect of "user choice" rather alluring. I can't see any reason why I'd want to use a dVCS (not an invitation to throw situations at me; they don't apply, trust me). Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEDDszocfcwTS3JF8RAjxsAKCYXjKW9EjdD1J2/xJ2iBYiAr6hVACeJ6vb gLiLjyY1rslv19dKhCk1fSQ= =KcfI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--