On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:02:23 -0400 rgheck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/13/2010 10:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > rgheck wrote: > > > >> It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version > >> control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it > >> is any more than an "isn't that cool" feature for two people > >> simultaneously to edit a single document. I.e., fun, but hardly > >> revolutionary as far as actual productivity goes, at least for the > >> sort of work most LyX users actually do. There's no doubt that > >> LyXs' VC support could be improved, and it has been in some > >> significant ways for 2.0, so we'd happily hear suggestions about > >> that, too. > > I also think that VC probably provides all you need for > > collaboration (although a closer integration of VC, comparision and > > CT would be cool). > > > > For me, a main obstacle is the lack of a suitable web service. My > > Faculty does not provide svn or other VC repositories, and I did > > not find a suitable service on the web yet, where I can savely > > store my data in such a way that only selected people can access > > it. But maybe I just didn't search long enough. > > > > > I looked into some of this a while ago, and there aren't great > options for the sort of thing we're discussing: I.e., not > programming, and not open to everyone's eyes. Brown, as it happens, > does provide such a facility, though I haven't yet found the time > even to move our website code over there. > > Have you asked the IS people if they'd think about supporting svn on > their servers? > > Richard What about using a distributed version control system? I use Bazaar to collaborate with one of my colleagues. We meed every so often to do a double merge and it works really well. No central server is needed, although if you have one available then you can use it like svn. I have liked it so much that I also use it between my home machine and laptop to keep thinks in sync and not accidentally rub out work on one or the other. Cheers, Alan > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
