1. svn is _horrible_, it suffers a critical case of "second system syndrome"; please, use arch/tla instead, it's far from perfect, but at least sucks less...
     posted by k at 05:40:39 PM on September 20, 2004  
2. I don't know. The Jargon File sez:
   
   """second-system effect /n./ (sometimes, more euphoniously, `second-system syndrome') When one is designing the successor to a relatively small, elegant, and successful system, there is a tendency to become grandiose in one's success and design an elephantine feature-laden monstrosity."""
   
   AFAICT, subversion would be the small and elegant one, while CVS is more like the elephantine monstrosity...
     posted by Hans Nowak at 07:29:39 PM on September 20, 2004  
3. A more complete list of the problems and annoyances I've experienced this far is here.
   
   But this is all "1.0" issues, not second system issues. Subversion is darn good CVS replacement. If that's what you want, I don't think you can find anything better.
   
   (Personally, I prefer Perforce, and systems like arch and codeville intrigue me, but SVN is definitely good enough for everything I do.)
     posted by Fredrik at 05:34:39 AM on September 22, 2004