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4/5 are problems unrelated to SVN. Heck, Git can burn you on all of those. 1/5 is about using svnserve instead of file:// and network mounts, and doesn't need
by pquerna 16y ago
4/5 are problems unrelated to SVN. Heck, Git can burn you on all of those.
1/5 is about using svnserve instead of file:// and network mounts, and doesn't need to be a rant, just a don't use file:// protocol for shared repositories.
I wish HN had downvotes for an article like this.
- Altreus 16y agoThanks for the sophisticated and helpful response. I'll obviously implement many of the suggestions you made to improve my article writing.
- nailer 16y ago> It's neither reliable nor safe, nor can you easily administrate it. While you're at it, the word you wanted was 'administer'.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoIt's more of a "how to fail at version control", yes - but with a Subversion slant (along the lines of "it can work fine, but the default is bad"). I don't see how that makes this a particularly bad article, though.