RE: Setting up a new CVSNT or Linux server ??

[Jim.Hyslop]

Frederic Brehm wrote:
> At 02:08 PM 7/21/2004, Jim.Hyslop wrote:
> >OK, let's run through a use-case scenario:
> >
> >Scenario: Repository has a file named 'file'. User wants to 
> 'cvs add File'.
> >
> >CVSNT server, Windows client: 'add' command ignored
> >CVSNT server, UNIX client: 'add' command fails: "File added 
> independently by
> >second party"
> >
> >UNIX server, Windows client: add command ignored
> >UNIX server, UNIX client: add and commit will succeed.
> 
> 
> In your scenario, it appears to me that the only failure 
> comes with the 
> CVSNT server and UNIX client.
Just because CVS does its job properly does not mean that there is no
failure.

In this scenario, assuming a mixed-platform project, there are actually two
distinct failures: one where CVS issues an error message; and another where
the tool itself did not fail, but there was a violation of the larger
configuration management picture.

> So, the only problem comes when CVSNT is used as a server. 
> Therefore, use a UNIX server.
No, there is also the problem when CVSNT is used as a server, and a UNIX
user forgets, ignores or blatantly breaks the project rules around file
names.

> If you plan on sharing the same files between Windows and unix-like 
> systems, then you have to make sure your filenames are OK on 
> both systems. 
True, but if all else is equal, and you have a choice between a tool that
allows you to break the rule, and a tool that enforces the project rule,
isn't it much better to eliminate the human factor and choose the tool that
can help enforce that rule?

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)