I don't know Perforce but I'm very comfortable with SVN and would
pretty much prefer that over any other VCS.
Adeola.
On 6 Jan 2006, at 18:12, Jim Grandy wrote:
Hi folks,
As we start 2006, the OpenLaszlo team is looking seriously at how
we might improve how we support external contributors. The biggest
problem right now is that we don't have a way to allow non-Laszlo
employees to commit changes directly into the sources -- all
changes have to be integrated by a team member. This is frustrating
for our most passionate and dedicated contributors, and limits the
scope of projects that our partners can take on.
Currently we use Perforce for internal source management, and the
Subversion database available on openlaszlo.org is a read-only
copy. We will be moving the OpenLaszlo sources into their own
repository soon, with read-write access from the Internet.
We are considering whether to build this new OpenLaszlo repository
using Subversion or Perforce. We like Subversion because it is more
familiar/acceptable to the open source community, it is open source
itself, and because it has some nice features (like a clean model
for disconnected clients).
However, as some of you have discovered, we have run into cases
where our Subversion database has become corrupted. Our research
suggests that this is not uncommon with relatively new
repositories, and the recommended solution appears to be to throw
out the repository (including change history) and start from
scratch with a new database.
Our alternative is Perforce, which is already integrated into our
build and backup scripts, and which has an open source license.
However, we are concerned that some folks will not want to download
the p4 client to their machine, and that we'll lose participants
because of this choice.
So I guess I have two questions. First, whether anyone can set our
minds to rest regarding subversion and corrupt databases. And
second, if we can't reach an appropriate level of confidence with
svn, how would you feel about using p4?
Thanks,
jim
Jim Grandy
Director of Platform Engineering
Laszlo Systems, Inc.
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