[Laszlo-dev] A question for potential contributors

[Adeola Awoyemi]

I don't know Perforce but I'm very comfortable with SVN and would  
pretty much prefer that over any other VCS.

Adeola.

On 6 Jan 2006, at 18:12, Jim Grandy wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> As we start 2006, the OpenLaszlo team is looking seriously at how  
> we might improve how we support external contributors. The biggest  
> problem right now is that we don't have a way to allow non-Laszlo  
> employees to commit changes directly into the sources -- all  
> changes have to be integrated by a team member. This is frustrating  
> for our most passionate and dedicated contributors, and limits the  
> scope of projects that our partners can take on.
>
> Currently we use Perforce for internal source management, and the  
> Subversion database available on openlaszlo.org is a read-only  
> copy. We will be moving the OpenLaszlo sources into their own  
> repository soon, with read-write access from the Internet.
>
> We are considering whether to build this new OpenLaszlo repository  
> using Subversion or Perforce. We like Subversion because it is more  
> familiar/acceptable to the open source community, it is open source  
> itself, and because it has some nice features (like a clean model  
> for disconnected clients).
>
> However, as some of you have discovered, we have run into cases  
> where our Subversion database has become corrupted. Our research  
> suggests that this is not uncommon with relatively new  
> repositories, and the recommended solution appears to be to throw  
> out the repository (including change history) and start from  
> scratch with a new database.
>
> Our alternative is Perforce, which is already integrated into our  
> build and backup scripts, and which has an open source license.  
> However, we are concerned that some folks will not want to download  
> the p4 client to their machine, and that we'll lose participants  
> because of this choice.
>
> So I guess I have two questions. First, whether anyone can set our  
> minds to rest regarding subversion and corrupt databases. And  
> second, if we can't reach an appropriate level of confidence with  
> svn, how would you feel about using p4?
>
> Thanks,
>
> jim
>
> Jim Grandy
> Director of Platform Engineering
> Laszlo Systems, Inc.
> jimgrandy at laszlosystems.com
>
>
>
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