[Info-vax] Where to locate software

[Kerry Main]

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> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] Where to locate software
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> On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 8:30:04 AM UTC+12, Kerry Main wrote:
> > Q - perhaps I am really old school, but should not VCS systems have the
> > capability to prevent code from being updated (read-only) when it is
> > checked out for update by someone else i.e. similar to document
> mgmt.
> > strategies?
> 
> After many years of experience with this in the real world, it was
> discovered to a be a very, very bad idea.
> 

Can you share some of these experiences and what the challenges
were?

I can see using VCS systems like Git when you have to deal with external
code updates like the VSI folks, but when you have a closed system
that uses mostly custom code, I just do not see the logic.

Certainly willing to have my eyes opened for the right reasons, but not 
just to become politically correct in the developer world. 

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com