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Designing a New Version Control System?

Posted by Cliff on from the replacing-rcs-and-obsoleting-cvs dept.

tekvov asks: "When Linus Torvalds decided to use BitKeeper as the version control system for Linux there seemed to be a lot of controversy and many challenges to create a better system than CVS. My question is exactly what would this 'better system' look like? How is the subversion project, Tigris, doing at creating a new version control system? Basically, does the Open Source Community need new tools in this aspect of development? And if so, how should these new tools look?"

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  1. pretty gui's by Alric · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously these new tools should have little functionality masked by really fancy GUI. At least, that's what I've been trained to like.

  2. The choice is clear by BoBaBrain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't we just use whatever source control system the CVS developers use?

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  3. Re:Simple answer. by SN74S181 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now it's just a matter of some GNU programmers coming out with a knock-off version that's not as good, but good enough. First, though, we need to come up with a name. It has to be a clever twist on BitKeeper.

    I nominate:

    'ByteLoser'

    Who wants to slap up the SourceFarce page and start working on the icon?

  4. Re:Version control system minimum requirements by Mika_Lindman · · Score: 5, Funny

    13. allows version numbers larger than 1. I'm tired of all open source being with version numbers like 0.997

  5. I once started coding a version control system... by gentix · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tested it by putting the code under version control, but then I discovered a bug...

    I've never seen my code since...

  6. When I first read the story title... by dmarien · · Score: 3, Funny

    Verizon control? That's a great idea! We should enforce regulations as to how many annoying commercials they are allowed to air in one day!

    Can you hear me now? Good...

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  7. Re:Yet Another useless discussion about CVS. by Twylite · · Score: 3, Funny

    Look, Windows is king.

    Yes, King.

    I would not hesitate to say that it has it's share of difficulties, but there is no way anything is going to replace it anytime soon. There are many meta-features of Windows that make it unable to be replaced:

    1. Massive Acceptance: Windows is everywhere. 50 million people use it every day. Another few million elsewhere. It is the common thread that pulls us apart (kinda like the government!)

    2. Massive, Massive Application support: This is my favorite. You can use it about a hundred different ways. Not 1 gui, but 500000!. It doesn't have command line apps, like great!. Show me another OS that has integration with the windows explorer like it has. You Can't. (Don't even try that god-awful WINE's integration:yuk!)

    3. SimplicityIt's REALLY simple to use. It's not that complicated. If Windows throws you for a loop, maybe anything involving computers really isn't where you should be working. The incompetence among users is what makes all software look bad.

    4. Protocols: You can run Windows with SSH, RSH, SMB, File Access, and more... It fits into every environment. It works across any damn network. It can jump tall buildings in a single bound!

    Really, until someone makes something that trounces Windows in all those areas, AND provides features that "I can't live without" Windows will Rule.

    This is NOT a troll. 100,000 lemmings CAN be wrong.

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