Remko Troncon | 1 Aug 2004 18:25
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Flyspray news

> Right now, I have to use _two_ access 
> methods, CVS and SVN, because projects randomly choose which to use. :-)

And that is the way it should be: freedom of choice. And if you made a
choice, why provide another way of access (which will be limited
anyway, because of non-compatible features).

> Suppose I only need to talk to Yahoo users a few times a day.  Does that make 
> it acceptable to have to run their client alongside my other working client?

No.

> Or suppose I need to use CVS and SVN 2,000 times a day.  Is it still ideal to 
> have to remember which site is using which repository?  

Yes, i see no problem with that (even though it is a hypothetical situation
that will never happen). 

I can't make my opinion more clear than i did: there's a world of
difference between having to have 2 applications open all the time, and
having to use 2 different command-line tools. 

> I would much rather type one command and have it work in all places.

Good luck.

cheers,
Remko
Hal Rottenberg | 2 Aug 2004 19:19
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Flyspray news

Guys, let's be friends and just use Microsoft Visual Source Safe.  *grin*

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 18:25:07 +0200, Remko Troncon
<remko.troncon@...> wrote:
> > Right now, I have to use _two_ access
> > methods, CVS and SVN, because projects randomly choose which to use. :-)
> 
> And that is the way it should be: freedom of choice. And if you made a
> choice, why provide another way of access (which will be limited
> anyway, because of non-compatible features).
> 
> > Suppose I only need to talk to Yahoo users a few times a day.  Does that make
> > it acceptable to have to run their client alongside my other working client?
> 
> No.
> 
> > Or suppose I need to use CVS and SVN 2,000 times a day.  Is it still ideal to
> > have to remember which site is using which repository?
> 
> Yes, i see no problem with that (even though it is a hypothetical situation
> that will never happen).
> 
> I can't make my opinion more clear than i did: there's a world of
> difference between having to have 2 applications open all the time, and
> having to use 2 different command-line tools.
> 
> > I would much rather type one command and have it work in all places.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
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