[Zope3-dev] Re: [Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope3/src/ZConfig/tests - test_schema.py:1.10.2.1

[Guido van Rossum]

> >> Should we consider alternatives to CVS?  Subversion, being free and the
> >> intended successor to CVS, is attractive, but Bitkeeper seems to solve
> >> *all* the troubles we're running into.  This chart is amazing:
> >>
> >> http://www.bitkeeper.com/Sales.BitKeeper.html
> >
> > I'm for trying bitkeeper.  Linus Torvalds says it's the only revision
> > management tool he'd consider using.
> 
> You can not use a commercial tool where open source developers must pay
> a license fee for accessing the project repository.

You can use bitkeeper for free for open source projects.  (I guess
we're discussing the license now anyway. :-( )

> CVS sucks in many ways but forcing Zope contributors to pay license
> fees is not the way to go (except ZC would take over the fees :-^
> ). I am using subversion since some month and I am very happy with
> it. It does not solve all CVS problems but it makes live a bit
> easier.

Can you tell us more about what you like and don't like in subversion?
I've never met someone who's actually used it!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)