From peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.be  Wed Feb  8 17:39:42 2006
From: peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.be (Peter Schols)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 23:39:42 +0100
Subject: [Biococoa-dev] Fwd: [Bioinformatics.Org] NEW FEATURE: Subversion
	(SVN) version control system for projects
References: <20060208184753.D995A214001@primary.bioinformatics.org>
Message-ID: <48FD1A4B-AC72-42C0-A7D5-57B6CA959512@bio.kuleuven.be>

Great news from bioinformatics.org!

Begin forwarded message:

> From: root at primary.bioinformatics.org (Bioinformatics.Org Sysadmin)
> Date: Wed 8 Feb 2006 19:47:53 GMT+01:00
> To: peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.ac.be
> Subject: [Bioinformatics.Org] NEW FEATURE: Subversion (SVN) version  
> control system for projects
>
> (You were sent this message because you are an administrator of a  
> project hosted, archived or listed at Bioinformatics.Org, or  
> because you simply have a shell account on our servers.)
>
> Dear Bioinformatics.Org project administrator,
>
> We're pleased to announce another addition to the services offered  
> to bioinformatic developers at Bioinformatics.Org.  Effective  
> immediately, developers may use the Subversion (SVN) version  
> control system on our servers.  Subversion was developed "to take  
> over the CVS user base," according to the Subversion website.   
> "Specifically, we're writing a new version control system that is  
> very similar to CVS, but fixes many things that are broken."  Here  
> are a few of the advantages of using Subversion over CVS (from the  
> website):
>
> * Directories, renames, and file meta-data are versioned.
>
>     Lack of these features is one of the most common complaints  
> against CVS.
>     Subversion versions not only file contents and file existence,  
> but also
>     directories, copies, and renames. It also allows arbitrary  
> metadata
>     ("properties") to be versioned along with any file or  
> directory, and
>     provides a mechanism for versioning the `execute' permission  
> flag on files.
>
> * Commits are truly atomic.
>
>     No part of a commit takes effect until the entire commit has  
> succeeded.
>     Revision numbers are per-commit, not per-file; log messages are  
> attached
>     to the revision, not stored redundantly as in CVS.
>
> * Versioning of symbolic links
>
>     Unix users can place symbolic links under version control. The  
> links are
>     recreated in Unix working copies, but not in win32 working copies.
>
> * Efficient handling of binary files
>
>     Subversion is equally efficient on binary as on text files,  
> because it uses
>     a binary diffing algorithm to transmit and store successive  
> revisions.
>
> Subversion at Bioinformatics.Org makes use of svnserve over SSH for  
> developer access (anonymous access uses ordinary svnserve).   
> Instructions on using Subversion at BiO can be found here:
>
>     http://bioinformatics.org/docs/svn/
>
> We also have the WebSVN interface set up:
>
>     http://bioinformatics.org/websvn/
>
> If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to ask  
> <sysadmins at bioinformatics.org>.
>
> Cheers,
>    _  _
>   (_)(_)
>    (,,)
>    =()=
>   ((__)\
>    _|L\_______/
>    The Lab Rats
>
> Sent to peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.ac.be
>


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From kvddrift at earthlink.net  Wed Feb  8 18:50:14 2006
From: kvddrift at earthlink.net (Koen van der Drift)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 18:50:14 -0500
Subject: [Biococoa-dev] Fwd: [Bioinformatics.Org] NEW FEATURE: Subversion
	(SVN) version control system for projects
In-Reply-To: <48FD1A4B-AC72-42C0-A7D5-57B6CA959512@bio.kuleuven.be>
References: <20060208184753.D995A214001@primary.bioinformatics.org>
	<48FD1A4B-AC72-42C0-A7D5-57B6CA959512@bio.kuleuven.be>
Message-ID: <39C47064-AC90-4B61-983D-7ED6CF63A1DF@earthlink.net>


On Feb 8, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Peter Schols wrote:

> Great news from bioinformatics.org!


Cool! :)

- Koen.


From charles.parnot at gmail.com  Wed Feb  8 18:59:48 2006
From: charles.parnot at gmail.com (Charles Parnot)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:59:48 -0800
Subject: [Biococoa-dev] Fwd: [Bioinformatics.Org] NEW FEATURE: Subversion
	(SVN) version control system for projects
In-Reply-To: <48FD1A4B-AC72-42C0-A7D5-57B6CA959512@bio.kuleuven.be>
References: <20060208184753.D995A214001@primary.bioinformatics.org>
	<48FD1A4B-AC72-42C0-A7D5-57B6CA959512@bio.kuleuven.be>
Message-ID: <60F2C476-7A1A-4948-8F74-AAF2DA5F2A67@gmail.com>

svn is great. This is indeed nice news.

charles

On Feb 8, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Peter Schols wrote:

> Great news from bioinformatics.org!
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: root at primary.bioinformatics.org (Bioinformatics.Org Sysadmin)
>> Date: Wed 8 Feb 2006 19:47:53 GMT+01:00
>> To: peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.ac.be
>> Subject: [Bioinformatics.Org] NEW FEATURE: Subversion (SVN)  
>> version control system for projects
>>
>> (You were sent this message because you are an administrator of a  
>> project hosted, archived or listed at Bioinformatics.Org, or  
>> because you simply have a shell account on our servers.)
>>
>> Dear Bioinformatics.Org project administrator,
>>
>> We're pleased to announce another addition to the services offered  
>> to bioinformatic developers at Bioinformatics.Org.  Effective  
>> immediately, developers may use the Subversion (SVN) version  
>> control system on our servers.  Subversion was developed "to take  
>> over the CVS user base," according to the Subversion website.   
>> "Specifically, we're writing a new version control system that is  
>> very similar to CVS, but fixes many things that are broken."  Here  
>> are a few of the advantages of using Subversion over CVS (from the  
>> website):
>>
>> * Directories, renames, and file meta-data are versioned.
>>
>>     Lack of these features is one of the most common complaints  
>> against CVS.
>>     Subversion versions not only file contents and file existence,  
>> but also
>>     directories, copies, and renames. It also allows arbitrary  
>> metadata
>>     ("properties") to be versioned along with any file or  
>> directory, and
>>     provides a mechanism for versioning the `execute' permission  
>> flag on files.
>>
>> * Commits are truly atomic.
>>
>>     No part of a commit takes effect until the entire commit has  
>> succeeded.
>>     Revision numbers are per-commit, not per-file; log messages  
>> are attached
>>     to the revision, not stored redundantly as in CVS.
>>
>> * Versioning of symbolic links
>>
>>     Unix users can place symbolic links under version control. The  
>> links are
>>     recreated in Unix working copies, but not in win32 working  
>> copies.
>>
>> * Efficient handling of binary files
>>
>>     Subversion is equally efficient on binary as on text files,  
>> because it uses
>>     a binary diffing algorithm to transmit and store successive  
>> revisions.
>>
>> Subversion at Bioinformatics.Org makes use of svnserve over SSH  
>> for developer access (anonymous access uses ordinary svnserve).   
>> Instructions on using Subversion at BiO can be found here:
>>
>>     http://bioinformatics.org/docs/svn/
>>
>> We also have the WebSVN interface set up:
>>
>>     http://bioinformatics.org/websvn/
>>
>> If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to  
>> ask <sysadmins at bioinformatics.org>.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>    _  _
>>   (_)(_)
>>    (,,)
>>    =()=
>>   ((__)\
>>    _|L\_______/
>>    The Lab Rats
>>
>> Sent to peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.ac.be
>>
>
>
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