Ok, fair enough. I'll be the first to admit I've only had a small exposure to CVS and none to SVN (we mostly use SourceSafe departmentally and ClearCase enterprise-wide here). I'm learning :)
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Thu, April 7, 2005 1:37 pm, Dakota Jack said: > Nope, Frank. Allan is dead on in this case. I check the code out all > the time. The problem is never read in this environment, but just > write privileges. > > There are systems that work the way you are thinking, and you probably > use those at work. > > > > On Apr 7, 2005 10:33 AM, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, April 7, 2005 1:15 pm, Fogleson, Allen said: >> > Huh? >> > >> > SVN is like CVS. You don't lock files when you check them out. I can't >> > write to the svn repository but almost anyone can do an anonymous >> > checkout, do updates (one way, to their copy of the repository). >> > Otherwise it would be near impossible to write patches :) >> >> This is a lesson for me. I thought one of the primary purposes of any >> source control system was to disallow concurrent modifications (unless >> specifically allowed). The whole point of checking code out, as I >> understand it (and use it on a daily basis) is to be sure I am the only >> one modifying a particular source file at any given time. Sure, you can >> always get the latest code from the repository and modify it to your >> hearts' content, but can you apply your changes anonymously then? >> Perhaps >> I have some stuff to learn here, but that is completely contrary to how >> we >> use source control here. >> >> -- >> Frank W. Zammetti >> Founder and Chief Software Architect >> Omnytex Technologies >> http://www.omnytex.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its back." > ~Dakota Jack~ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
