Em 3/3/2011 11:50, Michael Watterson escreveu: > On 03/03/2011 14:14, William Couture wrote: >> And, yes, this can create a problem for work groups where several >> people are working on the same project. I can understand the >> need for a source control system in such cases, but I have to reiterate >> the need for keeping copies of all source outside the source control >> system. > Absolutely > > My wife would even want a printout too. I cured her of wanting a fresh=20 > set of cards punched. > > > Source Control systems IMO are purely to manage Collaborative=20 > development. They should never really be used for archiving versions and= =20 > especially not for backup. > > if you can have only one person per module, arguably you hardly need=20 > them. If you are single person working on something why would you use one= ? > > They are all also rather horrid to use. The tools that Subversion offers are great for comparing versions and finding bugs, specially regressions. And it is very easy to backup your entire repository, and thus all the versions and revisions of your projects at once. Isaac --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .