From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2007-03-15T05:53:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Why SVN?

On 3/12/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> Is it, really?  I'm not trying to be combative, I'm just wondering
> how often that comes up.
>
> It sounds darn cool to the geek in me, but I find myself wondering if
> it happens a lot.  I guess I can envision a few specialized scenarios
> where it could be handy, but I really don't feel I would use it much
> for mainstream software.
>
> For example, I really doubt there are many patches to Ruby I want to
> skip out on.

Spot on, James. Most of the time, patches can't actually be simply
cherry-picked in any environment.

It's easier with advanced version control systems like Perforce, but I
find I don't generally cherry-pick those anyway.

-austin
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