Subversion's Future? | Linux Today

Subversion’s Future?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 1, 2008

“According to Google Analytics, one of the most heavily
trafficked posts on my blog is the one I wrote years ago, the Risks
of Distributed Version Control. It’s full of a lot of semi-angry
comments about how wrong I am. I thought I would follow up to that
post with some newer thoughts and news.

“I have to say, after using Mercurial for a bit, I think
distributed version control is pretty neat stuff. As Subversion
tests a final release candidate for 1.5 (which features limited
merge-tracking abilities), there’s a bit of angst going on in the
Subversion developer community about what exactly the future of
Subversion is…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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