Comments on: Subversion and Other Version Control Choices http://factoryswblog.org/2008/01/18/subversion-and-other-version-control-choices/ Merging modern software development with electrons and metal Fri, 04 May 2012 20:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: admin http://factoryswblog.org/2008/01/18/subversion-and-other-version-control-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-53 admin Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:13:22 +0000 http://factoryswblog.org/2008/01/18/subversion-and-other-version-control-choices/#comment-53 I'm not a VCS/SCM expert - I use it to do my job better. If you view RCS/CVS style of version control as the mainstream, then the two commercial ones that I know of that take a radically different approach are ClearCase (fileystem model IIRC, introduced a long time ago) and AccuRev (streams, much newer). The distributed open source systems are also radically different approaches, and there are more of them. So, yes, AccuRev is innovative, but they've been about the only commercial innovator, compared to at least four open source projects. So I'm critical of the overall commercial side, not AccuRev. The dynamics of open source projects - typically widely distributed, unlike most commercial projects - probably has a lot to do with the development of innovative open source distributed version control; I can't think of a centralized open source version control project that has noteworthy innovations. Tony I’m not a VCS/SCM expert – I use it to do my job better. If you view RCS/CVS style of version control as the mainstream, then the two commercial ones that I know of that take a radically different approach are ClearCase (fileystem model IIRC, introduced a long time ago) and AccuRev (streams, much newer).

The distributed open source systems are also radically different approaches, and there are more of them. So, yes, AccuRev is innovative, but they’ve been about the only commercial innovator, compared to at least four open source projects. So I’m critical of the overall commercial side, not AccuRev.

The dynamics of open source projects – typically widely distributed, unlike most commercial projects – probably has a lot to do with the development of innovative open source distributed version control; I can’t think of a centralized open source version control project that has noteworthy innovations.

Tony

]]> By: Antonio http://factoryswblog.org/2008/01/18/subversion-and-other-version-control-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Antonio Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:37:45 +0000 http://factoryswblog.org/2008/01/18/subversion-and-other-version-control-choices/#comment-52 You mention that you believe the open source community has been more innovative in SCM than commercial vendors; and right after you mention Accurev. Are you sure you really understood the Accurev model and streams? Based on your open source comment, my guess is not really. A You mention that you believe the open source community has been more innovative in SCM than commercial vendors; and right after you mention Accurev. Are you sure you really understood the Accurev model and streams? Based on your open source comment, my guess is not really.

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