[sldev] Version control repository

[Olivier Blin]

Rob Lanphier <robla at lindenlab.com> writes:

> Hi everyone,
>
> A hot topic on IRC, in-world, and everywhere else seems to be "is
> Linden Lab going to provide a version control repository, and if so,
> when?"  The answer is "we need a spec first".  What's so hard about
> that?  Well, I want to work with the community on defining the spec,
> and come up with something that is going to be the most useful for
> everyone.
>
> The options are spelled out here:
> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Version_control_repository
>
> ...as are some of the discussions (hit the "discussion" tab to view).
>
> The safe option these days is Subversion.  It's really widely
> supported, has a ton of tools for all platforms, and really seems to
> have hit critical mass.  We use it internally, and as near as I know,
> everyone seems reasonably happy with it.  There hasn't been any
> chatter (that I've heard) about replacing it any time soon.

Hello,

If you already use Subversion internally, it's probably the safest
option. People that love distributed repositories will still be able
to use layers on top of svn, such as svk or git-svn.

By the way, the Gnome project switched to SVN recently, and they had
to consider the same kind of "distributed or not" matter:
http://live.gnome.org/SubversionFAQ#head-a32b552ef3fa398d571bcb25ab95a7647d7143f5

Just my thoughts

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Olivier Blin - Mandriva