On Wednesday 18 May 2005 05:41 pm, Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote:
> The files are going to be things like AutoCAD drawings.  So unless
> something dose layer and dif checking on that, I think any version
> controller that tells us who had what last and if their is a conflict
> when checking in, will do just fine.  And I figured CVS had been around
> long enough support should not be an issue...
>
> Thanks for the links, I will report back and let you all know how they
> like their first taste of Linux ;)

It has been too long since I have been around AutoCAD... If the files are 
binary (ie. not text) CVS is not a good choice.  CVS stores an entire 
copy of each version of a file that is checked in.  You can get any 
version back and it will keep a log and all the usual functions except 
for doing diffs.  But with large AutoCAD files your repository will grow 
very fast, depending on how often users commit to the repository.

Subversion would be a better choice and is very CVS-like.  There are other 
version control systems out there that handle binary files better than 
CVS.

Alan
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss