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The first question is insightful. If you read my "programmers canvas" pape= r at devguy.com, I recommend that developers always work from tags, even on= branches. A tag implies that the code actually builds and does not contai= n new code from somebody's partial check-in. However, I do not enforce thi= s because engineers are always going to do the easiest thing, and if there = are problems they can always go backwards. Tags are usually important when= there are two or more developers working on the same code. At my current = employer that is rare due to components. Windows vs. Linux scalability is a religious topic. I highly recommend bot= h operating systems. As with most things the question is not one of softwa= re but of hardware and how well you take care of it. People tend to abuse = Windows machines, and Windoze tends to ask to be abused, with for example, = ridiculous bloated programs like Microsoft Word and Outlook. If you don't choose Windows, I hope that you will use cvsnt on Linux rather= than the vanilla CVS which is basically going nowhere. CVSNT has some exc= ellent features such as the ability to freeze branches. Tony alone has str= apped CVS on his back and walked up some very steep hills. (well, I guess = we followed him..) Terris PS, I use Windows 2000 because I like the tools and I like the fact that I = can find the drivers I need quickly. I know there are pros to Linux, such = as "it's free," which is great if I have a Linux expert handy because I'm n= ot. > Thanks Terris, good information. > > Just out of curiosity, is the reason you work from the "branch and trunk" > vs. a "tag" on the trunk because of usability? I have my peers to convinc= e > about the best way to move forward with incorporating a new source contro= l > tool and I don't want to make any long term bad decisions (i.e. not havin= g > the ability to easily obtain and build older versions of a product). > > I noticed that you are currently using the CVSNT server. Have you noticed > any scalability problems with the server in your environment? > > We have about 15 active development projects running here at any given ti= me, > even though most of the projects are components of another product, it ma= kes > for an interesting build environment. I was trying to decide if the serve= r > should be CVSNT or running CVS Linux. Any opinions or insight would be > appreciated. > > Thanks again for your feedback, > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ Cvsnt mailing list Cvsnt at cvsnt.org http://www.cvsnt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvsnt https://www.march-hare.com/cvspro/en.asp#downcvs