| Re: Version Control [message #26245 is a reply to message #25998] |
Mon, 13 August 2001 07:03   |
Paul van Delst
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Registered: March 1997
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Aaron Birenboim wrote:
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> Craig Markwardt wrote:
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>> Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:
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>>> "Dr. Otto Jusko" wrote:
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>>>> under HP-UX we frequently used a product named "SoftBench" which
>>>> provided us with version control and the mandatory file locking. Is such
>>>> a product available for IDL ? Or in general: Would you like to have it
>>>> inside IDL ?
>>>
>>> I use CVS (Concurrent Versions System) for everything: IDL source
>>> code, Fortran source, shell source code, etc....
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>> I second this. I also use CVS to keep multiple copies on different
>> machines synchronized (ie, server, desktop machine, laptop).
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> I third.
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> CVS is THE DE-FACTO standard. It is used by ALL significant
> open source software efforts.
So? Just reading the overview chapter of the CVS docs should be enough to convince folks
that CVS isn't the be-all and end-all - even the authors say so. While I like CVS a lot, I
encounter plenty of other version control systems (some home grown simple ones) day to
day.
> The ONLY version control I would accept in IDL would
> be hooks in IDLDE to work with CVS.
That's a bit of a strident statement. I (personally) don't see the point in IDL/RSI
favouring one version control system over any other - and if they did, they would still
have to allow users to make a choice to use something else.
> Black holes are where G-d divided
> by zero.
>
> -Steven Wright
To within numerical precision at least, cuz, black holes leak don't they? :o)
paulv
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