From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Switching to Subversion Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:23:42 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87odrdzci9.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <87ac2w45e0.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <85y7qfvigo.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85psbrvgrt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163411649 16867 80.91.229.2 (13 Nov 2006 09:54:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 13 10:54:07 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjYVy-0007q7-Ph for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:54:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjYVy-0005qW-C6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:54:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjYVf-0005pE-Ce for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:53:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjYVd-0005nZ-Pg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:53:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjYVd-0005nN-6u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:53:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.186] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GjYVd-0004JO-5W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:53:45 -0500 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d4so2140803nfe for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:53:43 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jX+VlaQV9q0HRhSVtzsGGbF9BpWutZj4QcdzW1iJbzw8uc7FSLjf9JreLpqb5UgxIHnOHreyCLUNOdS0Zeeena04GpkAMLVqOFYBOaE8YBUyPID/xqmbd4mYZ+BnixzRNKRSlkYHeVMgkt53zc8UfohCfr7XTHIaNdxzXQC8oh4= Original-Received: by 10.78.50.5 with SMTP id x5mr5943474hux.1163411622872; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:53:42 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.78.140.9 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:53:42 -0800 (PST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <85psbrvgrt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:62189 Archived-At: Hi, Adding to an already long chain are my experiences (as I was involved in selecting a SCM for the project). On the work/professional front, I am working on porting Samba to OpenVMS (in HP). We found a need to have a distributed SCM (as the native SCM known as CMS had some limitations). - Since Samba project uses SVN (subversion), I thought it was best for us to use SVN. I was willing to run the server on GNU/Linux box and have clients on VMS (on which we develop). We did not find the clients. - I was then inclined in using bazaar which is implemented in PYTHON. Since PYTHON is quite well ported, I assumed the clients would run seamlessly on VMS. The snag was that the current bazaar-ng requires PYTHON 2.5+ (only 2.4 is ported on VMS) - CVS was was the only option left. The client was available on ALPHA VMS, with miminal changes to the build scripts, I was able to get it on IA64 (Itanium) VMS. Ever since, we have being using CVS. I am waiting for getting PYTHON 2.5 on VMS to be able to start using bazaar-ng. IMO, the idea of client being developed in a language that is interpreted or works on a virtual machine is ideal. The SCM developers need not worry on portability and can concentrate on adding the SCM features! -dk -- dhruva (dk) Contents reflect my personal views only!