I have been using CVS for years, and Subversion for about 8 months. The difference now is how easy Subversion is to use. Here are some examples:

• Commands by default are recursive. If I just svn add some directory, it adds all of the files and directories underneath it. No more cvs add foo, cd foo, cvs add bar, etc.
• svn rm actually removes the file. That is just too cool, coming from the CVS perspective.

What I don’t like about Subversion: all the dependencies and problems I have had/will have with other tools, such as SWIG, neon, etc. Although I will note that these problems are with code external to subversion. So if you just pick up a binary build, you should be completely happy with it.

Will talk about subversion GUIs a little bit later.

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I have just added a new category named: In the Shop. This is because of the fact that for the last 6 months, I have been scheming to start practicing metalworking in my spare time. My dream since childhood was to mix computers and machines for the benefit of mankind (isn’t this every boy’s drem?), so I have now started down that road.

I just received a lathe and milling machine from Sherline Tools.

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Required a dump/load cycle since the database schema change, but it was generally painless. Great instructions from the svn book. Took about 1 hour to download, build, dump, load, and verify 6 repos. This sysadmin stuff is getting easier, but it is still too hard…

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