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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>:
> The problem i see with using both is that unless we have a really good
> script setup (and a good first import into cvs), we'll lose revision
> history, which is a Bad Thing (tm). I know i used the revision history
> several times to track down nasty bugs. Using only one system seems
> better to me in the long term. That would probably have to be cvs, as
> much as i've come to like p4, since some of our developers won't use
> perforce, and with cvs we can easily setup backup servers. cvs isn't
> really suited to the grimoire development though, as moving and renaming
> of files and directories isn't really handled by it. The whole
> devel/test/stable branching wouldn't be too easy to do in cvs either
> afaik.
> 
> Don't really know what to recommend, just wanted to get my thoughts out
> there :P
> Nicest would be if there was a way to set p4<->cvs synching up in a way
> that preserves the revision history as good as it's possible (not
> completely, as cvs doesn't know changesets), so everyone can use the
> tool he likes.

Do arc or subversion support more of the features we require?

-sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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