[Off-topic] cvs

[Jozef Kosoru]

Hello,

sorry for the off-topic question but I think this is a good
place to ask. I plan to develop open-sourced web application
which integrates CVS browser, a bug tracking system and some
more interesting features to support development both
open-sourced and commercial projects. I would like to know
whether it is worth to invest my free time for such a tool.
CVS is rather an old system and I have no idea how widely is
used in development teams. So my question is easy: Do you use
CVS in your development?

Thank you,
jozef

 

[David Zimmerman]

Hello,

sorry for the off-topic question but I think this is a good
place to ask. I plan to develop open-sourced web application
which integrates CVS browser, a bug tracking system and some
more interesting features to support development both
open-sourced and commercial projects. I would like to know
whether it is worth to invest my free time for such a tool.
CVS is rather an old system and I have no idea how widely is
used in development teams. So my question is easy: Do you use
CVS in your development?

Thank you,
jozef

We use CVS. Dumped ClearCase

 

[Daniel Dyer]

Hello,

sorry for the off-topic question but I think this is a good
place to ask. I plan to develop open-sourced web application
which integrates CVS browser, a bug tracking system and some
more interesting features to support development both
open-sourced and commercial projects. I would like to know
whether it is worth to invest my free time for such a tool.
CVS is rather an old system and I have no idea how widely is
used in development teams. So my question is easy: Do you use
CVS in your development?

Thank you,
jozef

There are lots of companies using CVS, including the one I work for and my
previous employer. In addition, the vast majority of Open Source
projects, including all those at SourceForge.net and the Apache
Foundation, use CVS. However, the ubiquity of CVS is a triumph of
functionality (in that it's "good enough") and availability over design.
If you scratch the surface you will find some very ugly things
underneath. The nature of CVS and its history mean that it lacks certain
features that really should be there, such as atomic commits and easy
moving/renaming of files.

Despite the problems of CVS, with a decent front-end such as SmartCVS
(http://www.smartcvs.com) it is still infinitely preferable to Microsoft
SourceSafe.

I am keeping an eye on Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org), which is
an Open Source system intended to improve upon and eventually replace
CVS. I believe SourceForge are considering moving their CVS repositories
across to Subversion in the future.

Dan.

 

[Joona I Palaste]

Hello,

sorry for the off-topic question but I think this is a good
place to ask. I plan to develop open-sourced web application
which integrates CVS browser, a bug tracking system and some
more interesting features to support development both
open-sourced and commercial projects. I would like to know
whether it is worth to invest my free time for such a tool.
CVS is rather an old system and I have no idea how widely is
used in development teams. So my question is easy: Do you use
CVS in your development?

Both of the companies I have worked for use CVS.

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