Comment by salmo
5 years ago
I'm very confused by this conversation. I am agreeing with you.
The line you quoted, I had in quotation marks because it was essentially the question of the parent thread, not because it was my stance.
"That context" meant that they started with tools like SVN for version control, and Facebook for their community. They were 'current' at the time and they probably haven't seen a reason to switch.
I have no problem with this. I use many tools people find uncool or outdated. I still use RCS in places and like it better for those particular use cases (eg Bind DNS zone files), where things like file locking and versioning files vs codebases are features and not detriments. I have shell scripts I've carried around for 10-15 years to support it (ironically kept in git now), and I don't feel like reengineering for a git/ci workflow to get back to feature parity.
You should look into the history of RCS->CVS->SVN (and revision control systems in general) to understand the nuances there.
>Not hating on SVN, just think the “why aren’t they using a more modern/superior X” should be taken in that context.
Take it into context? If there is no befit why waste your energy?
>You should look into the history of RCS->CVS->SVN (and revision control systems in general) to understand the nuances there.
I don't know what you want to say. Newer is better? Distributed is the only way to go? Mongo better then sqlite?
It's a source control system, and if it matches your organization good, if not change it.