[cvsnt] Re: forcing a text file at "non-mergable"

Trevor Leybourne trevor.leybourne at aderant.com
Mon Dec 5 20:34:09 GMT 2005


>From my personal perspective I have to disagree. I'm the manager and
have been trying to get developers and doc specialists to use the
concurrent model and they won't touch it. No matter how hard I try, the
developers want to know that someone else is editing a file so they do
not touch it. They refuse to use the concurrent model so we have had to
impose a full exclusive watch mode on all files. For me, its annoying as
anything. I want what the "c" in CVS stands for ;-)

Trevor 

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> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Tony Hoyle
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2005 9:20 a.m.
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> Subject: [cvsnt] Re: forcing a text file at "non-mergable"
> 
> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> > matter what the feature. It's usually the "locking control 
> freaks" who 
> > don't trust the developers (and want to restrict the 
> available options 
> > :)
> >
> That's the problem - and I believe the basis of Jerzy's objection. 
> Developers are usually fine with the concurrent model, and 
> like the freedom it gives.  Managers however have been known 
> to impose strict locking from above because they don't trust 
> the developers.
> 
> I see strict locks as a necessary evil - from a commercial 
> point of view a source control system that doesn't support 
> them is at a disadvantage. 
>   March-hare do explain the various concurrent models as part 
> of their training course, so that the teams can make a 
> decision what to use during installation - having the option 
> avoids having to do the explanation when trying to get the 
> sale (you sometimes still get the whole strict locking thing 
> imposed by nervous management, but at least they know the 
> disadvantages).
> 
> Tony
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