On Sep 7, 2010, at 7:38 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > >> But having the GUI tool on alert helps. > > "Warning: it's too late to avoid losing your work!" > >> Locks tend to cause more problems than they solve. Ever use RCS? > > Yes. It kept me from stomping on my co-workers changes, many times. > Every source control system I know has some sort of mechanism for > dealing with this issue, either through locks or a manual three-way > merge.
The merge works better, although it's not a logically rigorous mechanism. But back in the bad old RCS days, my group constantly had to break locks to get anything done. So in practice, locking is less rigorous. > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ j...@noqsi.com _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
