Well, Dropbox doesn't cut it because they want to link their commits to Jira (like we do at Russell). SVN could be a problem because more than one people might be committing changes. It's starting to sound like there is no easy way for this team to continue working in the current model.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Adron Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Do they have stuff beyond just the code and general web assets? In other > words, are their any others such as graphic artists, documentation people, > or such that want to keep a "backup" of their work? If so, that may be a > consideration too. > > If it is all static content, text based, I think whatever would be the > easiest to teach them to use would be the best option. If they're GUI > oriented, Tortoise + Subversion would probably be ok. If they're a bit more > advanced and especially if they do any remote work, I'd push for some > distributed control, i.e. good ole' Git or Mercurial. > > Just my 2 cents. Other than that, if these seem like a bit much, I say > just stick multiple copies in Dropbox and call it a day. :) > > -Adron > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Stevi Deter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I know it's not what all the cool kids are using these days, but I've had >> excellent success using SVN in similar situations. >> >> Heck, I've even managed to get database devs to check their code into >> SVN. >> >> -Stevi >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, Jeff Schumacher <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > So imagine there is a team that has an old sckool setup, where there >> are multiple developers working on the same copy of source code that exists >> out on a network share. Also say that this application could be ASP.NET, >> Classic ASP, or even PHP. The company only has 3 developers, and they >> rarely run into either other. One person is responsible for rebuilding the >> application, and this practice has been working for this team for years. >> They get stuff accomplished, and that is key. They do not run local copies >> of the application due to various reasons (this is not the point I'm trying >> to argue, as I don't agree with this setup). This team also learned a long >> time ago that backups are critical, so they have an automated system on >> this network share that detects file changes and makes a archived, >> timestamped, copy of the time. It's basically a rudimentary source control >> system. >> > >> > Now, this team knows that they need to get with the times and use a >> proper SCM, and they would also like to link their commits with their bug >> tracking system, which happens to be Jira. So the question is, what SCM do >> you think would work in their current shared source base setup, and why? I >> have my opinion on which SCM I think might work, but rather than taint >> suggestions, I'll leave my opinion out for the moment. >> > >> > >> > Jeff >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > *Adron B Hall* > > *Tech*: http://compositecode.com > *Transit*: http://transitsleuth.com > *Twitter*: http://www.twitter.com/adron > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- (◣_◢) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
