On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:12:58 -0500, Muzaffer Ozakca mozakca@indiana.edu wrote:
I do use CVS but never have time to invest to learn all uses of it. If I have to, I will learn how to back up an earlier version. On the other hand, it's a shame that we don't have a simpler and usable front-end to CVS (or a completely new versioning system). I used WinCVS before and not very satisfied with it and prefer doing editing on our linux box.
WinCVS sucks. You really should try TortoiseCVS for if you're using CVS from a Windows-box: http://www.tortoisecvs.org/
I'm not a MS person and have a lot of Unix experience but I would still prefer using Sourcesafe over CVS (however much it sucks, it's much easier to use). For example, I don't want to look up a version number to get a diff in CVS, I would much prefer to point and click in this situation. Getting a diff and understanding it shouldn't be so overwhelming. The output of diff on *nixes is still cryptic for me and so I usually do it on my windows using a side by side diff tool.
Have you tried using Subversion (SVN)? In ways, it's much similar to CVS, there are just some things that are different. I generally prefer SVN over CVS, although I do find CVS suitable for some things. Subversion: http://subversion.tigris.org/ There's also a TortoiseCVS-'clone' for SVN, TortoiseSVN: http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
<zap> - Freso, who somehow became a Tortoise?V?-promoter? o.O Oh well. Turtles are always fun! =)