CVS vs SVN

On this page, we are trying to collect argument pro and contra both staying with CVS, and switching to CVS. Behind each "argument" is a list of people who agree that this particular argument is valid. We currently have no other realistic choices (since SF.net offers us exactly those two), so I am not comparing more systems here.

Pro Subversion

• Support for versioned renames/moves (impossible with CVS): Fingolfin
• Atomic commits: Fingolfin

Pro CVS

• Lots of people know how to use it: Fingolfin
• Lots of documentation available: Fingolfin

Contra Subversion

• ?

Contra CVS

• No support for versioned renames/moves (CVS repos hackery is not even remotely a replacement): Fingolfin