On the lookout for a new commercial Subversion host. The one we are currently using, CodeSpaces, got hacked yesterday, with loss of data. I suspect they are really no longer a functioning business entity.
What would you recommend? Would like to have something that allows unlimited projects, up to 5 developers. Otherwise, have no need for anything fancy.
Not that I’m opposed to Git, we all know subversion and have used it for many years with no real issues. And since this is sort of a last minute thing I feel Subversion is the better choice.
[quote=101743:@Bob Keeney]On the lookout for a new commercial Subversion host. The one we are currently using, CodeSpaces, got hacked yesterday, with loss of data. I suspect they are really no longer a functioning business entity.
What would you recommend? Would like to have something that allows unlimited projects, up to 5 developers. Otherwise, have no need for anything fancy.[/quote]
I have no personal experience, but know a couple companies that use Cloud Forge, one small (<5 people), one quite large (>50 developers). http://www.cloudforge.com/
Although it’s Git or Mercurial only, I’ll second that BitBucket is a great hosting service for up to 5 free users and unlimited private repos. You can increase the count up to 8 free members if you send out invites via email and they set up new accounts. There are paid plans too for 10 users or more.
A) I have a distributed team which mean it would have to be exposed to the internet (thus making it less secure)
B) I’m not paranoid enough in regards to security. I’d rather leave that to folks who know more and have more time than me.
they officially announced that they are out of business, staying around to help all their customers get as much data back as they can. but they can not financially stay around.
none of us are paranoid enough… security is a real issue right now even with the security professionals… hacks/crackers/script-monkeys/etc are getting really good at what they do.
@Bob : You’re right, and I’m not paranoid, just like to say “time is money”, and just 5 minutes to configure our mac mini server with Xcode Server (Git repository), no more cost, ans no risk to see our code exposed to the world
But as Scott says, Bitbucket is a good solution for those that don’t have a private server.
Most any host can get SVN with Apache working very easily. If you use your own domain for the SVN then its very convenient. Your repositories aren’t sitting on a site where hackers are targeting. This isn’t foul proof security obviously but it helps not being targeted because nobody knows its there.
For even added security you could limit SVN to VPN users only.