[linux-dvb] Re: wiki?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> > >
> > > On 08.09.2004 21:43, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> > > > BTW: does subversion store everything in plain text files?
> > >
> > > No.
> > >
> > > Current version uses a Berkeley-DB as backing store. Next version will
> > > support another way called "FSFS" (File System. As in Subversion the
> > > content of a repo is also called file system they used the double "file
> > > system" in the name to get less confusion)
> > >
> > > But that will also be a binary and "none human manipulatable" version.
> > >
> > > > That's something I absolutely want. I'd hate storing my sources
> > > > in binary dumps.
> > >
> > > I don't see a problem with this.
> >
> > Well, that's your choice.
> >
> > I want my files in plain text, so I'll stay with CVS (actually I'm only
> > using RCS for my own stuff, because I don't need more).
> 
> I don't get why the storage format is important for you.

Well, some things are a matter of taste ;-)

I just like my source file repositories to be plain text, that's it.

> For me
> it is important that I can trust the software that handles the
> archives. I think Berkeley-DB is widely used, so I would hope
> it is trustworthy. If you have a shreddered RCS file a text editor
> won't help you much to save your data.

Well, that can be applied to a binary repository as well.

> > But since this is not a "repository war" discussion, I'll just end it
> > here from my side. For me subversion is a no-go because it doesn't work
> > with NFS and stores the files in a binary format. If the driver developers
> > decide to switch to subversion, that's their decision and it's fine with
> > me. If I can access the repository just like I access the current CVS
> > repository, that's ok.
> 
> Most NFS versions have broken file locking, and if the filesystem
> is mounted by multiple servers you also have coherency problems.
> I wouldn't put any database or repository on NFS (or SMB etc.).
> I guess you get away with it because you are the only user of your RCS
> repository (i.e. no concurrency problems). But then svn would
> probably work fine in this scenario, too.

You can use whatever suits you best, and so do I ;-)

Klaus