On Tuesday 18 November 2003 04:22, Guy Teverovsky wrote: > CVS is not: version control mechanism which is content aware and action > driven. It lacks inline documentation features and code maintenance > (bugs, features) tracking...
Actually, CVS is a version control system and *that's it*. ClearCase is simply much more. It's like trying to compare Sendmail to Exchange. Exchange has a mail server inside but to call Exchange a mail server is ridiculous. (save me the jokes about the bugs in BOTH Exchange and sendmail, I've hearde them all. Hell, I invented a few of them.. :-) > Have I mentioned the wink-ing ? Suppose you have an app that compiles 5 > hours and another developer has already done another build and parts of > the objects can be reused. As much as you might not like the product, it > saves a hell LOT of time as the version control mechanism will bring you > already compiled parts from the network. > Now consider an 6-7 hour build on a high-end workstation... > Well, I am starting to sound as a sales man, so I will stop here. Which is available seperatly in Open Source world, as ccache. Which brings me to my next related topic: Open Source software tends to create small flexible tools that do a single thing and do it well (e.g. CVS). You can combine several such tools to create a whole pacage that covers your needs (e.g. cvs + bugzilla + ccache). Closed Source software tends to build big packages that try to do everything. Some people prefer the flexability of multiple integratable single packets. Some people prefer the "full turnkey solution" of the closed source world. I'd leave my personal opionion of it for now :-) Gilad -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Codefidence. A name you can trust (tm) http://www.codefidence.com "Half of one of my eyes is already open. I'm going to make coffee now..." -- Kathi 16:08:04 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
