Re: subversion vs cvs (Was: Re: linked list rewrite)

From: "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>
To: Dustin Sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net>
Cc: David Garamond <lists(at)zara(dot)6(dot)isreserved(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: subversion vs cvs (Was: Re: linked list rewrite)
Date: 2004-03-25 04:13:40
Message-ID: 200403242313.40049.matthew@zeut.net
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On Wednesday 24 March 2004 06:03 pm, Dustin Sallings wrote:
> There's not a lot of GUI in arch, but star-merge is fairly incredible.
> This is how tla (the main arch implementation) itself is developed.
> Lots of branches in lots of archives by lots of people.

I would guess that better merging might be a real motivation for people. If a
patch that takes a month to develop can still apply cleanly despite
significant code drift in the interrem, I could see that as a real motivating
factor.

Matthew

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