Karl FogelRezensionen

This book gives exactly what it advertises. It is a detailed look at how to start and manage an open source projects covering issues from version control and email to hosting to people management to working with companies that want to support your project. As such, the book is very useful, but not the most exciting of reads. It is a book that is best read right before you start running an open source project. The chapters are fairly independent, making them easy to reread when you need help with a particular issue.

Now I want to go start a project!

Don't let the title fool you! While about half the book is specific to (and immensely useful in) running an open-source project, the other half applies to any sort of intentional community. Reflecting the author's experience during the initial creation of the Subversion Version Control System (in which he was a principal community leader and tone-setter), this book has helped me create communities many times, on many topics.

Best book on the topic I have read to date.

A great introduction in the way open source projects are run, an interesting read even for people who are not actively participating in a software project bur are nevertheless interested in the subject.

CVS, or Concurrent Versioning System, is an open-source means of controlling ones software code. This book presents a very thorough coverage of the tool as well as the philosophy behind open source development.

With plenty of step-by-step instructions as well as examples, this book will get you out into the world of open source development and CVS in no time flat. In addition are several external resources for further reading.

This book is great for any developer considering using CVS to do source control (and if you're a developer, you should be using SOME form of source control). While I personally recommend doing source control with Subversion, some like CVS; and if you think you might, this will be the book for you.½