On 6 Oct 2005, at 17:31, Matthew Toseland wrote:

> We are probably going to switch to Subversion. Here is a major  
> security
> issue we will need to deal with:
> - If we use SSH+SVN, then any user who has CVS access also has  
> access to
>   do arbitrary modifications to the repository. Such as accidentally
>   deleting it (for which we have backups), and, worse, making more
>   subtle modifications, which would not be easily identifiable.
> - The WebDAV front end seems much more usable.
> - Ideally we'd want to use an RCS with proper support for hash  
> snapshot
>   trails and so on, but Ian is dead set against using anything modern,

...because...

>   there are issues with all the major contenders on ease of use or
>   stability.


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