umeannothing wrote on Aug 18
th, 2013 at 10:27am:
Can't they actually fix anything over there? Jesus christ, this bug was around this past winter for awhile too.
Why the fuck is it that they can't fucking fix something over there and KEEP IT FUCKING FIXED?
Have fun on Monday everyone.
Because they don't use reasonable versioning software.
If Bob is making changes to code, he downloads a copy to his computer.
If Steve has to make changes to the same code, he pulls a copy to his computer. When they finish their work, they push their copies to the main code storage.
One of the two of them will be 'first'.
If Steve is done first, good versioning software will tell Bob...hey Bob, your co-worker Steve updated the code you're working on. Want me to grab a copy to test his changes against your changes?
Not sure what they're doing in Turbine, but it probably involved monkeys flinging shit against the walls.