Why Gnome chose Subversion SCM ?
Subversion is an SCM designed to be an easy replacement for CVS, while addressing some of its shortcomings.
Here are some reasons why Gnome chose Subversion as a replacement for CVS after nearly 10 years:
- Directories, renames, and file meta-data are versioned
- Commits are truly atomic
- Branching and tagging are cheap (constant time) operations
- Natively client/server, layered library design
- Client/server protocol sends diffs in both directions
- Costs are proportional to change size, not data size
- Versioning of symbolic links
- Efficient handling of binary files
- Parseable output
- Localized messages
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