With your firewall issues you will probably be better served with the distributed VCS tools, like Mercurial, Git, etc... They give each developer a full copy of the repository, so they won't need to be accessing over the network all the time. However, they are more complex.
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:42 AM, John BORIS <jbo...@adphila.org> wrote: > I understand the resistance to something new. One thing that is in the > mix that I left out is that my network sits behind a firewall that I > have no control over. So when I install this I have to work with our IT > shop to poke the right holes in the Firewall for my remote programmers > to access the repository. We use Juniper's VPN product for outside users > to gain access. Maybe that is the reason my remote programmers didn't > care for our other forays into this worked as the VPN process was a > chore for them. > > This is a new venture. the previous ventures were failed attempts and I > never did get the repositories built properly and since I am the one > that has to manage things and setup the way it has to be used I guess I > added to the frustration as I didn't know how to do certain things. > > Anyway I will look at the other products as well as looking back at > SVN. > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > John J. Boris, Sr. > JEN-A-SyS Administrator > Archdiocese of Philadelphia > "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel > Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" > >>>> Brian Mathis <brian.mat...@gmail.com> 5/6/2010 10:26 AM >>> > Subversion is one of the more straightforward systems out there, so if > the programmers don't like it, get new programmers ;)? Any VCS is > going to be an adjustment for programmers to use if they are not used > to using it. It's very difficult to have one that "just works" > without the programmers taking some action to check in/out code, so it > will definitely be something they need to get used to. > > Bottom line is that VCS something that's so important that your > organization will need to force it upon them if there is resistance. > > There are many tools for systems like subversion that make it easier > to use (if they were objecting to using the command line). Take a > look at tortoisesvn, which does a great job integrating svn into > Windows, and there are often plugins for whatever development > environment you are using. Do some googling. > > Also, there are now many new VCS systems out there, such as Mercurial, > Git, etc... I *strongly* recommend that if you are starting new, take > a look at them first. They are slightly more complex, but also > provide many more benefits than SVN. There are also GUI frontends to > them available. > > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
