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Re: Version Control Software

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Version Control Software
Date 2013-06-15 10:16 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <roy-DB7870.10161515062013@news.panix.com> (permalink)
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In article <mailman.3359.1371275633.3114.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Tim Delaney
> <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can absolutely confirm how much ClearCase slows things down. I completely
> > refused to use dynamic views for several reasons - #1 being that if you lost
> > your network connection you couldn't work at all...
> 
> And that right there is why modern source control systems are
> distributed, not centralized. It's so much easier with git; we lost
> our central hub at one point, and another dev and I simply pulled from
> each other for a bit until we got a new Scaphio online. With
> centralized version control, that would have basically meant a
> complete outage until the new box was up.
> 
> ChrisA

The advantage of DVCS is that everybody has a full copy of the repo.  
The disadvantage of the DVCS is that every MUST have a full copy of the 
repo.  When a repo gets big, you may not want to pull all of that data 
just to get the subtree you need.

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Version Control Software cutems93 <ms2597@cornell.edu> - 2013-06-12 16:27 -0700
  Re: Version Control Software Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 16:36 -0700
  Re: Version Control Software Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 19:52 -0400
  Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:04 +1000
  Re: Version Control Software Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-06-12 21:41 -0500
  Re: Version Control Software Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-06-13 12:30 +1000
    Re: Version Control Software rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 04:54 -0700
    Re: Version Control Software Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-13 17:06 +0000
      Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 07:26 +1000
        Re: Version Control Software Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-13 21:53 +0000
          Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 07:59 +1000
          Re: Version Control Software Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 18:20 -0400
          Re: Version Control Software Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-13 20:09 -0400
      Re: Version Control Software Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 23:15 +0100
      Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 08:17 +1000
      Re: Version Control Software Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2013-06-13 15:24 -0700
      Re: Version Control Software Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au> - 2013-06-14 08:53 +1000
  Re: Version Control Software Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-06-12 21:48 -0500
  Re: Version Control Software Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-12 22:51 -0400
    Re: Version Control Software Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 13:43 +0100
  Re: Version Control Software cutems93 <ms2597@cornell.edu> - 2013-06-12 23:00 -0700
    Re: Version Control Software rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 23:43 -0700
    Re: Version Control Software Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-13 07:08 -0400
    Re: Version Control Software MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-06-13 12:26 +0100
      Re: Version Control Software rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 04:46 -0700
    Re: Version Control Software Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2013-06-14 15:06 +0300
      Re: Version Control Software Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-14 08:32 -0400
        Re: Version Control Software Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-14 14:24 +0000
          Re: Version Control Software Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-14 16:55 -0400
          Re: Version Control Software Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-14 20:26 -0400
          Re: Version Control Software Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 15:39 +1000
          Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 15:53 +1000
            Re: Version Control Software Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-15 10:16 -0400
              Re: Version Control Software Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 15:29 +0000
                Re: Version Control Software Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2013-06-15 18:29 +0000
                Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 09:01 +1000
                Re: Version Control Software Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 07:49 +1000
              Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 09:14 +1000
                Re: Version Control Software rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 20:55 -0700
                Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 14:13 +1000
                Re: Version Control Software Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-16 05:20 +0000
                Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:29 +1000
                Re: Version Control Software Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-16 05:15 -0400
                Re: Version Control Software Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 19:51 +1000
              Re: Version Control Software Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:30 +0200
                Re: Version Control Software Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-16 09:50 -0400
                Re: Version Control Software Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-06-16 17:48 +0200
                Re: Version Control Software Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-16 13:02 -0400
              Re: Version Control Software Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 12:39 -0400
  Re: Version Control Software Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:20 +0300
  Re: Version Control Software Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-06-13 07:34 -0500
    Re: Version Control Software Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-13 08:52 -0400

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