Re: Proposal: Subversion Migration

[Alex Perez]

Andrew Ruder wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 01:32:57AM +0200, Helge Hess wrote:
> > Well, there are two reasons which I heard in the discussion:
> > a) there is no Svn admin support on GNU servers
>
> I am still figuring this one out and have contacted some GNU people
> about subversion support for GNUstep.
>
> > b) Svn is not a viable option for GNU projects due to licensing
> > issues (is this really true?)
>
> There is obviously no issue or gcc wouldn't be moving to it next week.
>
> > The reason people are using Svn is definitely not "hype" as some  
> > other people suggested in the thread. Its just a straightforward  
> > replacement for CVS which has proven itself in various major  
> > deployments over some quite a long time now.
>
> I can't agree with you more here.  With the exception of finding a
> server, moving from CVS => Subversion brings many benefits for not a lot
> of effort.  The learning curve is non-existant.  Assuming we find a
> place that everyone agrees with for hosting, I can only ask one
> question:
>
> Why not?
What can I say...some people just don't like (even the idea of) change. 
Unfortunate, but true. I am not a changeophobe, nor are, I believe, most 
of the core devs. It would be nice if more of them would weigh in on the 
proposal.