Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 7, 2010, at 7:38 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
>> But having the GUI tool on alert helps.
> 
> "Warning: it's too late to avoid losing your work!"
> 
>> Locks tend to cause more problems than they solve. Ever use RCS?
> 
> Yes.  It kept me from stomping on my co-workers changes, many times.
> Every source control system I know has some sort of mechanism for
> dealing with this issue, either through locks or a manual three-way
> merge.

The merge works better, although it's not a logically rigorous mechanism. But back in the bad old RCS days, my group constantly had to break locks to get anything done. So in practice, locking is less rigorous.

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John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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