[Tutor] Re: Best CVS System for Python Programming on Win 32?

[Michael Chermside]

Tom Churm wrote:
> 1) What's the best CVS System to use for Python programming on Win32?

The best CVS *client* is (IMNSHO) "Tortoise CVS". It uses the underlying 
libraries from WinCVS, but integrates VERY NICELY with the Win32 shell. 
You simply use Windows Explorer or file view to see your files, and they 
are labled (green for unchanged, red for modified, etc), and can be 
checked in / checked out / diffed / etc by right-clicking. It can be 
obtained from http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ .

Depending on what you are doing, you may or may not need a CVS *server*. 
If you are simply keeping versioning on your own machine, you can use a 
file as your repository, and it will handle the versioning without a 
server. If you want to be able to obtain the files remotely or back up 
to another machine, then you will need a CVS server. I have used cvsnt 
(from http://www.cvsnt.org ), but it wasn't the same wonderful 
experience I've had from Tortoise CVS.

-- Michael Chermside