... I think you've put your finger on one of the Great Truths of Visual Studio, specifically that anything that requires a wizard will almost certainly not...
Speaking of VS, I'm modifying an existing VS 2003 asp.net page, and when I double click on a control in design view, it does not take me to the code behind as...
... Site; ... I have discussed a similar topic on the PoliTech list several times in the past. The subject was the spread of surveillance cameras in public...
Go read "The Transparent Society" by David Brin[0]. It's an extended essay on exactly this point. The argument is essentially: Public surveillance is a FACT....
... Society isn't ready for it yet. Most of our culture is built on a lie. I don't much like the slimy peeping-tom network admins and business analysts fawning...
If you've ever wondered why some people refer to "Version Control" as "Configuration Management" -- it's not always just so they can sell a more expensive...
You probably know all this already - but I am *still* going to recommend that you read Eric Sink's set of articles. If you *do* know it all then it won't take...
I've been increasingly convinced that branches are the way to go to manage this kind of scenario. While SVN makes branching orders of magnitude easier than...
We use a modified version of Perforce that does the trick nicely. From: win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com [mailto:win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com] On...
... +1. Hell, there's three statements - that's worth +3. ... Having suffered a couple of SCCSes (CC, Harvest) which proclaim their support for distributed...
... Have you had a look at git [1,2]? At least listen to what Linus has to say before you make a decision. He talks about "version control" and explicitly...
If you're going for distributed VC you might want to check out monotone [1] /Patrik [1] http://monotone.ca/...
Patrik Husfloen
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Aug 3, 2007 8:41 am
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Oh, cool. Does it work? Is it good? I found it by way of Boost case studies, and browsed through the source code looking for idiomatic C++. It looked pretty...
Thanks for all the input everyone. ... That pretty much sums up my view. I've raised my objections. I think the manner in which this is resolved will give...
... +1 for Git. Linus says in the above video that the SVN guys are brain damaged because they think that making branching easy is solving the problem when...
... ...and stupid. ...and ugly. :) "For the first ten years of kernel development we used tarballs and patches. Which is a *much superior* method of source...
... Is it me, or is there something deeply ironic about seeing the man who has been responsible for a popular reimplementation of Unix proclaiming loudly that...
Did last time I played with it, which was a while ago, they were already hosting their own source in mtn back then, it was horribly slow though. /Patrik ... ...
Patrik Husfloen
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Aug 3, 2007 2:47 pm
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... I think it's funny that he left the qualifying context out of his quote he quoted himself and then been subsequently quoted out of context with reference...
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Team Foundation Version Control[1]. It's not SourceSafe++, so don't just write it off. :) Branching and merging is elegant and...
The end reality is that the "easier" you make it the higher the chance of unintended consequences. DOH! Oh that's how that works,....errr I'm pretty sure...
... Jon Kale mentioned it -- though not prominently enough for me to have seen it either (until I reread all the responses in preparation for replying. :) -- ...
Lots of interesting information here, thanks! It's been easily seven years since I last took an extensive look at VC options, so the emphasis (in some parts...