[cvsnt] CVSNT with non wincvs client

Aaron Kynaston akynaston at novell.com
Tue Aug 31 18:50:46 BST 2004


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Just some quick comments - 

My team moved from SourceSafe to CVS a while back - SourceSafe was
falling appart, and they recommend the database be between 2 - 5 gb in
sizie and we were outgrowing this limitiation.  We currently run a cvs
server on Linux, and we all connect with just the client stuff out of
cvsnt, and have found it to be fantastic.

A few drawbacks that our team has hit:

 - Binary file management is somewhat sticky as you have to manually
mark all of the extensions that are binary type in CVS - 3rd party
utilities help with this (such as TortoiseCVS), but it can still be
sticky, especially if you check in a bunch of files that weren't
previsouly marked as binary and then need to go back and do it
correctly.
 - The learning curve can be quite substantial - we came from a
SourceSafe mind set and found that the vocabulary and procedures are
quite different between the two - e.g. CVS makes the distinction between
an initial add of a projec to the repository(cvs import), and a later
add of additional files (cvs add).  This has also caused a few of our
developers to be some what distrusting of the repository (which is
understandable), but takes time to learn to use and appreciate.

A few of the reasons why we switched to it -
 - We needed cheap/good sourcecode control, supporting branching and
tagging. (of which CVS does both)
 - We couldn't use SourceSafe anymore



>>> "Johnson, Mark " <Mark.Johnson2 at ingenix.com> 8/31/2004 11:21:14 AM
>>>
I am managing the source code for a commercial project, which is moving
from
a high priced SCM product to cvs.  I am relatively new to cvs, and I
mistakenly thought that cnsnt was a Windows only product, and cvs was
a
non-windows only product...I have been set straight.  I played with
cvsnt on
windows with only limited success.  The server hung often.  This may
have
been due to an under-resourced PC, so I hesitate to blame cvsnt.  I
prefer
the Linux environment, and look forward to testing cvsnt there.  Our
developers have windows workstations, and use Eclipse, and have the
option
of also using WinCVS and/or TortoiseCVS.  I plan to use WinCVS,
especially
if we go with cvsnt for our server (on Linux).  With this info, I have
a
couple questions. 
 
1.  Can someone give me an honest summary of the
advantages/disadvantages of
cvsnt over cvs (or point me to a link).
 
2.  I assume Eclipse and Tortoise are designed for standard cvs note
cvsnt.
What problems will I experience if  the developers are using these
interfaces to access cvsnt?  Will it cause problems, or will they just
lose
some functionality?  What functionality will they lose (if not answered
in
first question).
 
Thanks in advance
 
Mark Johnson


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