Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Justin MASSIOT | Zentek
Luke, If the 3D models are "source" files, then I personally approve to put those files into a Subversion repo. That's what I do everyday with Electronic engineering CAD files. By the way, don't forget you may not be able to "diff" between two versions of a file. If not, you lose one the main stre

RE: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Stuempfig, Thomas
Hi all, we had a SVN Repository that served a huge number of PPT Presentations, CAD Data (MCAD/ECAD), Word. the repository served over 10 Years of history of ~200 users. In addition to this, we created useful Web Search Capabilities for PPTs in the repository on our own based on office and svn ap

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Luke Mauldin
Is the SVN repository still in use or was it transitioned to something else? The primary users of this SVN repo will be engineers who are not software developers so I think the less complex nature of SVN compared to Git could be a definite advantage. However, I am concerned about the long-term

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Mark Phippard
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 9:26 AM Luke Mauldin wrote: > > Is the SVN repository still in use or was it transitioned to something else? > The primary users of this SVN repo will be engineers who are not software > developers so I think the less complex nature of SVN compared to Git could be > a def

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Justin MASSIOT | Zentek
TortoiseSVN is stable and mature, so its development status is slow :-) But I mostly agree with Mark, using SVN is better than nothing after all. And because it's mature, it's unlikely that you find a bug that is critical for your everyday use... Justin MASSIOT | Zentek On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Luke Mauldin
The other option for me at the moment is to use Git and LFS which is somewhat similar but not ideal. You mention renames as an example of a problem that are unlikely to ever be resolved. Can you please elaborate on the issue? My understanding is that especially the newer versions of SVN pote

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Mark Phippard
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:01 AM Luke Mauldin wrote: > > The other option for me at the moment is to use Git and LFS which is somewhat > similar but not ideal. It is a viable option but I would say the biggest problem is you still have to clone the entire repository which may or may not be ideal

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Nathan Hartman
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:47 AM Justin MASSIOT | Zentek wrote: > > Luke, > > If the 3D models are "source" files, then I personally approve to put those > files into a Subversion repo. That's what I do everyday with Electronic > engineering CAD files. > By the way, don't forget you may not be ab

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 09:01:02AM -0500, Luke Mauldin wrote: > You mention renames as an example of a problem that are unlikely to ever be > resolved. Can you please elaborate on the issue? My understanding is that > especially the newer versions of SVN potentially do a better job of tracking >

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:24:55AM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote: > SVN's design handles renames well from a version control history point > of view, but it does not handle them well when doing things like merge > or even update if you have local mods to a file that was renamed. Git > actually handles

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Mark Phippard
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 11:15 AM Stefan Sperling wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:24:55AM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote: > > SVN's design handles renames well from a version control history point > > of view, but it does not handle them well when doing things like merge > > or even update if you

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 11:19:43AM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 11:15 AM Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:24:55AM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote: > > > SVN's design handles renames well from a version control history point > > > of view, but it does no

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Daniel Sahlberg
Den tors 28 okt. 2021 kl 15:55 skrev Justin MASSIOT | Zentek < justin.mass...@zentek.fr>: > TortoiseSVN is stable and mature, so its development status is slow :-) > But I mostly agree with Mark, using SVN is better than nothing after all. > And because it's mature, it's unlikely that you find a b

Re: Current project status

2021-10-28 Thread Daniel Sahlberg
Den tors 28 okt. 2021 kl 16:39 skrev Nathan Hartman < hartman.nat...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:47 AM Justin MASSIOT | Zentek > wrote: > > > > Luke, > > > > If the 3D models are "source" files, then I personally approve to put > those files into a Subversion repo. That's what I do ev