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I don't really know the details of how either system work, my
understanding comes only from what I remember of the past discussions.
CVS has problems doing some common tasks for the grimoire, one of which
is adding directories (aka sections). You need the cvs admin to add the
directory or something. OTOH, perforce is not free. This is a big thing
for some people, after all, how can we say that free software is so good
if we can't even do something so basic as host our development with free
software.

I don't like perforce much because there aren't any nice clients for it.
There is only a CLI and a web one, while there are a plethora of CVS
clients.



On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 17:47, Jeremy Kolb wrote:
> This whole p4/cvs thing just sounds like more trouble than it's worth.
> Why can't we stick with just one? Wouldn't it simplify the whole
> equation? I don't mean to attack anyone by this, I'm just curious. So
> enlighten me!
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 15:35, Eric Sandall wrote:
> > Quoting Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>:
> > > On Friday 12 September 2003 11:44 am, Geoffrey Derber wrote:
> > > > I was thinking, since p4 is down, I believe I remember reading 
> > > > something
> > > > about having a cvs server now.  How well synchronized are the two?
> > > > Would it be possible to switch over to the cvs server while we wait 
> > > > for
> > > > the p4 server to get back up?
> > > >
> > > > I'm beginning to think we need to do something long term so that if we
> > > > have a server failure like this again, we can easily switch over to
> > > > another server for a bit while we wait on the server to be fixed.
> > > >
> > > > Geoff
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Eric Sandall has been updating the CVS server manually from Perforce 
> > > (IIRC). 
> > > 
> > > I guess it depends on how diligent he has been able to be as to how 
> > > current 
> > > it is.
> > > 
> > > The plan is to have the CVS server and the Perforce server operating in 
> > > tandem.  The hold up has been that there is no one with the knowledge 
> > > and/or
> > > 
> > > time to create the synchronization scripts.  If you are volunteering, I 
> > > am 
> > > sure there are many folks who would be happy to hear that.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, not too diligently.  :(  I'll try and put in what I have 
> > from my
> > latest checkout from Perforce (probably missing a few entries) and then 
> > post
> > again here.  One problem I have is getting CVS to add new files from a 
> > 'diff
> > -urpN <p4> <cvs>'.  I guess I'll just go through the log and see where it
> > mentions that it doesn't know what to do about a file.  File deletions 
> > may be a
> > problem, but I'll see what I can do.  ;)
> > 
> > Also, we'll no longer have the nice 'integrate' feature of Perforce.  :(
> > 
> > -sandalle
> 
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