[ILUG] Distributed versus Centralised SCM.

[Martin List-Petersen]

On l=F8r, 2005-03-12 at 15:38 +0000, kevin lyda wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 02:52:17PM +0000, Martin List-Petersen wrote:
> > On l=F8r, 2005-03-12 at 12:35 +0000, kevin lyda wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 11:37:30AM +0000, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> > > the point you make about two developers editing the same file is made
> > > all the time about cvs because it lacks locking.  =

> =

> to clarify this, martin quoted what i said.  he didn't quote anything
> bryan said.

Yep .. i should have taken the quotation line of Bryan out there. My
bad.

> > I wouldn't say that not being able to lock is a "lack". It's a matter of
> > learning to handle the way a particular SCM works. In regards to CVS not
> > locking, that is exactly what was intended. When a developer team grows
> > it will be more efficient that way.
> > =

> > > the answer is the same:
> > > developers should communicate with each other.
> > =

> > Developing is communicating. If you don't communicate, there is no sense
> > in development.
> =

> he then goes on to restate what i said, which i find odd.  was i not
> clear?  apparently not...

Not necessarily. I do agree with you, just think that if somebody
allready goes to the point saying "developers should communicate with
each other", then that is the point where there allready is no
development anymore. Just my .02c

/Martin