I'll put in a vote for GIT as well. WebGUI, the open-source content management system we use at the Law School was on SVN for years, but recently the developers decided to switch to GIT (specifically, github) as a better platform for their collaboration needs. Dale Trexel Web Services U of M Law School On 5/3/2010 3:00 PM, Christian Dinger wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > I couldn't agree more. The ASR web team uses Git (we moved from > Subversion a few years ago), but we'd love to see a centralized source > code hosting service from OIT. Not only does it make good security > sense, but I think it'd also provide a mechanism for inter-departmental > collaboration. Just think of things like CAH authentication code and how > hard it is sometimes to track down source code and authors to contribute > changes/patches. > > I've mentioned this idea a while ago to Patton Fast, who runs the OIA > server team at OIT and he seemed into it. I think we just have to speak > up and demonstrate that there is a demand for a service like this. > > I also absolutely agree with Garrett about Git. In a collaborative > environment, it's superior. Git also has web more capable front-ends > like GitHub and Gitorious that handle collaboration very elegantly. > > In fact, Gitorious is open-source and free. I think it would be such an > quick and easy win for OIT to set up an instance of Gitorious. Then the > we the developers could manage our own repositories and access; it would > be minimal work for OIT. > > Would you all be into something like this? Patton, are you on this list? > > Chris > > PS - Git also 'talks Subversion' and moving between the two is > ridiculously simple. > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Aaron J. Zirbes <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 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 > > > > > -- > Christian Dinger > Academic Support Resources > University of Minnesota > 612-625-6031