Re: [wxlua-users] bzr branch of wxLua on Launchpad

On Jan 18, 2008 6:05 AM, Rob Kendrick <rj...@rj...> wrote:

> > In terms of wxLua going to Subversion, yes, someday. I'm sorry that
> > I'm dragging my feet on it, but I am no expert in CVS, but I can make
> > do. I am suspicious of svn since it appears as though you download the
> > whole repository with a checkout which I see as a waste of disk space
>

This is not the case at all. You should adhere to a trunk, tags, and
branches mentality and you only get the exact code you have now. IMHO it
promotes much better Software Engineer practices, letting you have a latest
version that always builds, plus then a branch where, for example, you can
iron out all the build file problems.


> Subversion is bags quicker, has atomic commits, can version things more
> than just files, better handling of binary files, more efficient
> server-side storage, finer-grained and more flexible authentication and
> permissions, vastly superior history tracking, cheap branching and is
> still actually being maintained.  And that's just a start.
>

I have to agree here. Subversion is a very good version control solution and
it will seem familiar to CVS users. It also has a very powerful feature
called "externals". They allow checkout from other locations during the main
checkout of a persons project. You can actually "external" wxLua in your
project and it will get the latest changes when ever you update. I am
glossing over this feature, but it is also great and useful for all
developers.
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Regards,
Ryan