[e-lang] Source control for E?

Dean Tribble tribble at e-dean.com
Fri May 12 12:25:46 EDT 2006


Based on everyone's input, I think MarkM is going to start with using
subversion on SourceForge.  Thanks for your time.

On 5/12/06, Sandro Magi <smagi at naasking.homeip.net> wrote:
>
> Dean Tribble wrote:
> > Perforce is free to use for free software projects.  Nonetheless, I
> > suspect that SourceForge hosting is a pretty compelling reason to use
> > subversion however (especially since we can always change our mind later
> > and export and import into a different system :-).
>
> This is exactly why I suggested it; svn itself has no major pitfalls,
> and its widespread deployment (client and server) reduce the barrier to
> entry for new E users/developers.
>
> Sourceforge also carries with it an automatic mental association that
> the project is "open" (source, development, etc.) for anyone that should
> come across it. Mindshare and perceptions are also important to "spread
> the word". :-)
>
> Sandro
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