[WDSCI-L] Source Control Comparison

[Mike Wills <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

I spoke to my manager about installing subversion on our system so I could 
test it out, but he said that he would still like for me to research VSS (MS 
Visual Source Safe). So this sort of leads to my question. Has anyone worked 
with VSS in WDSc? I know there is a plugin, but it still requires the client 
to be installed (and purchased). How easy and stable is this plugin?

Also, out of CVS, subversion, and VSS, which do you find is the easiest to 
understand and use? The biggest reason for the push to VSS is that our web 
developers use mostly .NET and Visual Studio I consider myself a beginner 
and am still learning about source control. I am reading about subversion in 
the free subversion book right now. So, I am still trying to figure out 
branching and stuff like that. 

Also, I do mostly RPG work. I make heavy use of projects in WDSc for a few 
reasons, one of which is because I can sync to a CVS server I have setup. 
What advantages is there using something more designed for RPG? I know this 
opens the door more for the vendors to contact me, but I will still pose the 
question. Mark, feel free to contact me offline :-).

Right now, I am just trying to figure out the best direction to go to look 
at this whole setup.

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Mike Wills
Midrange Programmer/Lawson Software Administrator
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