On Oct 6, 4:11 pm, "Paul Lathrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Although it looks like we aren't going to be able to convince you, I > will add to the argument. I was a heavy user of backup files until I > started using an SCM. Then I still used backup files and made the same > complaints. Then some people who were smarter/more experienced than me > suggested I was using the SCM incorrectly, so I tried it their way for > awhile. Well, I've been using source code control systems since, oh, about 1982 I think. I use them for system management and personal projects as well as for work. I've used them for single config files and for about 5 million lines of C++ video streaming code. I've used them in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and California. I've used DEC CMS, SCCS, RCS, CVS, Sun's NSE, DRTS, Microsoft's VSS, and Subversion. I've used them at Digital Equipment Corporation, Network Systems, and Sun Microsystems (and a bunch of places most people wouldn't have heard of). I've used them for new projects and for next-version development on code more than a decade old and for maintenance. In some cases I've been the proponent that took a project into using source control. The fact that I started using source control on TOPS-20 may be relevant; the TOPS-20 filesystem did multiple versions of files inherently (instead of via a naming hack in some utilities the way it's done in Linux). I view it as a normal, natural, useful capability. Having to think about which levels of change need to be committed all the time is a high-cost high-risk activity. The fact that CVS and Subversion make using temporary branches really ugly and error-prone doesn't help, either. I haven't yet encountered any place that uses branches for anything smaller than multi-week sub- projects. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
