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Distributed Development, with Karl Fogel

Posted by Hemos on from the building-the-new-versioning-control dept.

phyjcowl writes "Karl Fogel is a founding developer of the Subversion project. In the following interview he covers social aspects of coordinating developers as well as the difficulties and advantages of managing an open source, distributed development project. Karl explains the inception of the Subversion project, what it has required to build its community, and what he has learned in order to successfully maintain it."

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  1. Chill out horny Subversion guys. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Seriously, nothing is perfect, including your precious VCS, get over it. The list is only four items long, you should be proud, not trying to make up excuses and tear into me.

    I spent a few months with Subversion. I tried what was being hyped by you and your pals as the greatest thing ever. These were real problems I had. Sorry you don't like it, but that's the way it is. There has been no indication of a change in attitude with regards to better interopability with Windows, and a simple scaffolding blows up with the current version, so I think clearly the issue has not been dealt with sufficiently.

    As for for your ethereal obsession with Microsoft... seek help.

  2. Re:Here's the text -- for real by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Troll

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  3. Distributed development works sometimes by wheelbarrow · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can see where distributed development can work well when a project is an open source labor of love. However, I don't see it working well for purely commercial or in-house proprietary software. In my experience, those commercial developers who insist on working remotely are disinterested mercenaries that only see their employer as a means to their preferred remote lifestyle. I admire folks who know what they want, in terms of where they live, but I don't think it's in the best interests of a business to fund the lifestyle of someone who want to live in a rural resort community rather than being a full participant who comes to the office each day.