Which is the most used/best Windows Subversion distribution?

[Ben Stover]

When I go to the download page for the Subversion binaries for WindowsOS:

http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html

Then there are 5 different packages:

CollabNet (supported and certified by CollabNet; requires registration)
SlikSVN (32- and 64-bit client MSI; maintained by Bert Huijben, SharpSvn project)
VisualSVN (client and server; supported and maintained by VisualSVN)
WANdisco (32- and 64-bit client and server; supported and certified by WANdisco)
Win32Svn (32-bit client, server and bindings, MSI and ZIPs; maintained by David Darj)

What are the differences between them?

Which one is the "best supported"/most compatible?

Which one is the most widely used in WinOS world?

Thank you
Ben

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Ben Stover <bxst...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

When I go to the download page for the Subversion binaries for WindowsOS:

http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html

Then there are 5 different packages:

CollabNet (supported and certified by CollabNet; requires registration)
SlikSVN (32- and 64-bit client MSI; maintained by Bert Huijben, SharpSvn project)
VisualSVN (client and server; supported and maintained by VisualSVN)
WANdisco (32- and 64-bit client and server; supported and certified by WANdisco)
Win32Svn (32-bit client, server and bindings, MSI and ZIPs; maintained by David Darj)


What are the differences between them?

It Depends(tm). Some are supposed to be IDE's, such as SlikSVN and VisualSVN. But the most commonly used, and probably best, Subversion for Windows is TortoiseSVN. The very good GUI and the well integrated behavior with Windows interfaces make it very easy to use,

 

Another popular Windows command line tool suite is in CygWin, which is the compiltion envionment for many Windows tools. 

 

Which one is the "best supported"/most compatible?

Which one is the most widely used in WinOS world?

In my obvservatoin, TortoiseSVN, which is GUI based.

 

 

Thank you
Ben

[Cooke, Mark]

As Nico already said "it depends". You do not say exactly what you want... Most importantly are you looking to setup repositories (you want the server stuff) or just connect to existing ones (just the client)?

If you need the server stuff, do you want to configure it all yourself (Alagazam includes lots of bindings for python etc) or go for a pre-packaged solution (look for Bitnami or WANdisco's uberSVN)?

If just the client, then do you want it integrated with Visual Studio (Slik and Visual) or just to work through Explorer (TortoiseSVN) or just the command line (also Tortoise if you select the command line tools in the setup app or alagazam or WANDdisco or....)?

Hope that starts to explain the differences between them!

~ mark c

[Pavel Lyalyakin]

Hello,

> I am searching SVN server software.
> pre-packaged solutions preferred/required (without python stuff if possible).
>
> As previously mentioned the bottom of page http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html
> shows 5 server packages.
>
> I need a comparison and recommendation which package to select for
> a.) Linux as server platform
> b) Windows as server platform
>
> Is there a rough "market share" estimation?
>
> The server should later be accessible from Eclipse or TortoiseSVN Client
> No VisualStudio integretion necessary
>
> Can you give me some hints?

For Windows environment you may consider VisualSVN Server:
http://www.visualsvn.com/server/

The Standard Edition has neat management console and is really easy to
setup (and there is no 'Python stuff' BTW). Standard Edition is free
of charge and is available for commercial use.

There is also the Enterprise version that provides additional features
such as Active Directory Single Sign-On (that works *out-of-the-box*
and doesn't require any additional setup!) and remote server
administration.

--
With best regards,
Pavel Lyalyakin
VisualSVN Team

[Bob Archer]

> Hello Mark (& others),
>
> thank you for the answers.

>
> I am searching SVN server software.
> pre-packaged solutions preferred/required (without python stuff if possible).
>
> As previously mentioned the bottom of page
> http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html
> shows 5 server packages.
>
> I need a comparison and recommendation which package to select for
> a.) Linux as server platform
> b) Windows as server platform
>
> Is there a rough "market share" estimation?
>
> The server should later be accessible from Eclipse or TortoiseSVN Client No
> VisualStudio integretion necessary
>
> Can you give me some hints?

Ah... we have always used Colabnet's binaries. I recently started using subversion edge which is very easy to install and update. It was fairly easy to hook up to LDAP for authentication as well with the help of my IT department to get the LDAP path info correct.

BOb

>
> Ben