Re: Whats happened to Arch web site
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 11:41:51PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote:
> On Saturday 26 October 2002 11:06 pm, N. Thomas wrote:
> > If you are interested in next generation version control systems, do take a
> > look at Subversion (first hit on Google), they are nearing a 1.0 release
> > soon.
>
> I already did, but for what I need it doesn't seem to provide it.
>
> I want to
>
> a) have a repository on my server at home - and then pull local copies of the
> code to my desktop machine and/or my laptop.
That's fine with Subversion, of course.
> b) during the week, I am away from home - working in hotels. I want to make
> revision controlled changes purely on my laptop. I may want to make several
> branches going in different directions as I explore things.
>
> c) when I return home at the end of the week I want to sync the various
> repositories.
>
> d) if I am working on my desktop, these changes will also need to be synced to
> the repository.
>
> It seems that arch can do this, but it doesn't look like subversion provides
> this level of distributed repository.
I believe you can do it with Subversion with a little effort, but
consult their development list for advice. You can dump and reload
individual changes in a repository, thus allowing you to have a separate
repository on your laptop and sync it later. AIUI, anyway.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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