From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 13 18:27:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA03671 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:27:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03609 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:27:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04322 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:34:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <36C61A00.76960BF1@softweyr.com> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:34:08 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in LWN interview with A.C. References: <10481.918927420@zippy.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > If we wanted to use a commercial solution then the choice would be > more than clear - Perforce! Our CVS repository meister(s) like it a > lot and one can get copies of the perforce server for FreeBSD at the > low low price of $1 (perforce's generous way of giving something back > to the FreeBSD community). > > However, we don't want to use a commercial solution for lots of > various reasons, not least of which the fact that we have one hell of > a lot invested in CVS. Our CVS web stuff, the CTM delta generator, > the ubiquitous CVSup program, all would have to be substantially > redesigned for a new SCM tool and that would be a lot of work. Actually, given the capabilities of Perforce, most of those would be unneeded. They already have a web interface, and the Perforce server supports read-only users and distributed, read-only depots, which could probably replace CVSup and CTM. They even have a Java GUI in the works. I'm a big fan of Perforce, and am one of their original "Consulting Partners," but I feel there is still a compelling reason to use CVS in FreeBSD: running and building FreeBSD using tools that are shipped with the system goes a long way towards proving what a stable, reliable system it is, and just how good the toolset that comes with it is. If I were to recommend a commercial tool for FreeBSD CMS, Perforce would be it, but I don't. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message