[H-GEN] F-king CVS!

[Bruce Campbell]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Bruce Campbell <bc at thehub.com.au>)

On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Raymond Smith wrote:

> corresponding group). To answer Bruce's question our project is in the
> order of FreeBSD (ie, hundreds of megabytes of CVSed stuff).
> 
> I think my problem with CVS is that it is not robust enough when it comes
> to user error. This is inexcusable for version control sofware where
> data integrity must be paramount, and you are going to have inexperienced
> developers. In this case the trade-off between power and hand-holding
> should lean towards hand-holding.

Use CVS on a remote server, where the specific users have been set up with
the correct permissions for the modules in question.  With creative use of
ssh keys, particularly locked to specific commands (ie, 'cvs'), you can
easily get over the problems with CVS and file permissions. 

The benefits of this is that you don't get anyone messing about with the
repository incorrectly.  The downside is that it does require careful
thought when setting up the repository.

--==--
Bruce.


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