I am now a subversion convert. This happened because I recently started using subversion on a regular basis as part of the libLasi project (sf.net/projects/lasi), and I have liked it so much in comparison to CVS that I have changed my mind about waiting until later and now support Werner's idea that we switch the PLplot CVS repository at SourceForge to subversion right after the next development release. I have also canvassed Maurice, Geoffrey, and Andrew Ross about this time scale for the conversion, and they are all willing to go along with it.
Now we have yet to make the decision about the timing of the next development release, 5.7.3, but I assume it will be something like 1-2 months from now. IMPORTANT. Is that sort of time scale for when the conversion occurs OK with everybody? That should give me enough time to gain some experience with converting some other smaller SF projects (such as FreeEOS, LoLL, and the Linux Brochure Project) to subversion, and I will also need some time to do some tests of how well the script that converts from a cvs repository to a subversion one can preserve the history. The timing of right after 5.7.3 gives a further development release cycle (1-2 months) to change over and test some of our release-related scripts that currently directly invoke cvs to get access to our files at SourceForge. Those (like me two weeks ago) who have used CVS exclusively before should find subversion comfortable to use. The main issue is to remember to type "svn" rather than "cvs" on the command line since you will find all the usual cvs subcommands such as checkout, update, commit, diff log, and status are available for subversion as well as the extremely useful svn move subcommand. You can find out more using the svn help command, and there is also a downloadable book (in several versions) about subversion available at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/. In preparation for the conversion of PLplot to subversion right after 5.7.3 is released, I suggest you try the svn help command and especially check out "Appendix A. Subversion for CVS Users" of the book to help you understand the small but important differences between subversion and cvs. The book also has a quick start section which helps you establish a local subversion repository to play with to get you used to subversion. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the Yorick front-end to PLplot (yplot.sf.net); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
