From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Switching to Subversion Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:39:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87mz6y8y3j.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87bqne87ur.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <10609.1163264429@olgas.newt.com> <87fycphhyr.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <87odrdzci9.fsf@olgas.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163367592 9316 80.91.229.2 (12 Nov 2006 21:39:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:39:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bill Wohler , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 12 22:39:49 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 1GjN3J-0003QH-I1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:39:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN3I-0000xK-WF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN33-0000wu-Tn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN31-0000wN-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN31-0000wK-Af for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.162.206] (helo=nz-out-0102.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GjN31-0004BS-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:39:27 -0500 Original-Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id r28so614274nza for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:39:26 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eHIM0eVGjD5RVgB21nWA+X4mpz0UofB/yLGRKFac+jLkE82L8kO+7wnwjirXIL5AjHnfr7KrRR1OKFWL7+G+gpV8pAQx8rHVSldsfSxDikLJns7Fq3Ew4HHnMh+/zgpDEnCisW/XFmwEflcFIAMO2oEBN3phgckbLr9KJbObyP0= Original-Received: by 10.35.39.13 with SMTP id r13mr9166116pyj.1163367565908; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:39:25 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.35.95.18 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:39:25 -0800 (PST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: 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:62133 Archived-At: On 11/12/06, Richard Stallman wrote: > Before considering use of subversion for Emacs I would have to use it > for something else, to see what it is like. Sounds reasonable. I think you'll find Subversion is designed to look just like a better CVS. The command set is very similar. There are quite a lot other good SCM programs out there (Arch, Monotone, svk), but they are far less mature and, in my (limited) tests, the user experience is very different. Arch filenames give me headaches. (Yes, I'm an una(bash|sham)ed Subversion proponent :) /L/e/k/t/u