Aaron, I absolutely love SVN. I only recently started using it and we are already inseparable. I'm a student web developer for IT and as the only programmer I am probably the only one that would value it without training so I don't see our department making use of it but it would be awesome to see a U hosted SVN server. I don't know if department size is the right justification for it as I find it relatively easy to set up once you have an understanding of how it works. It could prove useful especially as staff come and go. All projects I work on are version controlled locally on my computer so when I leave, though I'll probably decide to export them, they will go with me. It's definitely something the U should look into if there's enough interest from developers. Which I hope there is. -- Ken Thompson Student Web Developer Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota [log in to unmask] On May 3, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Aaron J. Zirbes wrote: > U of MN Developers, > > Is there anyone (besides me) out there on the list that feels that a > common-good SVN service would be a good idea? Bad idea? Not sure? > > As a web, application and systems developer I feel that I couldn't do my > job with out a proper revision control system (RCS). It gives me a > giant UNDO button for all of my projects to any commit point in time. > It forces me to comment all my changes. It gives me the confidence I > need to make sweeping changes to a system without the worry of "how do I > undo this?" > > Using SVN has become almost trivial as most development platforms (Adobe > Dreamweaver included) support SVN out of the box. > > We run our own subversion (SVN) server at EnHS for our department's > needs, but I'd be willing to guess that most departments do not. > > I know not all departments are large enough to support their own SVN > server, but I feel that any one who isn't using some sort of RCS in > their web development is suffering because of it. It is putting > developers and their work at too much risk. I think that all developers > at the U should have access to SVN, but for that to happen, U of MN > central would have to set it up as a common-good service. > > -- > Aaron