Version control vote was: [Theforum] Re: An Idea ...
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Sun Dec 2 17:17:33 CST 2001
a vote on whether we want version control?
ye gods, how could anybody *not* want version control?
holey moley
okay, +1 from me too
but it's pointless poll
it's like having a vote on whether we want free medical care
sheesh, everybody can see the benefit, who's *not* gonna vote for it?
the real question is, how much is it going to cost?
i've worked with version control systems (admittedly, a while ago, but
still)
my impression is that you spend up to 50% of project time and effort in the
overhead of just wrestling with that pig
yeah, yeah, so somebody writes up the spec -- "the version control system
must be easy to use"
which is as big an oxymoron as ever there was -- if it's easy to use, it'll
have holes, and if it don't have holes, it'll suck your motivation dry
i sure hope my cynicism isn't rubbing off on anybody
rudy
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