On 06/30/2011 06:59 PM, balaji sivanath wrote: > > oops. I just know about version control but i didnt use it as i will > be developing very very tiny apps only by me. So, I thought version > control is not necessary
Let us assume that you are right and you are the only person going to be contributing to your software. Even then, without the version history and a clean record of the fixes you did and the rationale behind them, you are likely to forget them and end up having to figure out why the heck you changed something a few months down the line Also, if this is free and open source software, it can end up getting used in surprising ways and sometimes long after you lost interest. Having version control that captures the changes goes a long way towards the feasibility of someone else taking over. I strongly believe that using version control is absolutely necessary as a basic tool regardless of the size of the software. With software like etc-keeper, you can store even changes in /etc/ configuration files in version control with a apt-get or yum plugin and this too is quite handy Rahul _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc