Subversion - should anyone be developing off the trunk?

Question

When using Subversion, should developers be working off the trunk or should the trunk be only used for merges from each individual developer\'s branch and watched by a conti

Answer 1

I think it really depends on the scale of your operation. Up to maybe 5-10 developers everyone committing to trunk should really be OK. But of course everyone should keep in mind that the trunk needs to always be compileable. If they're working on major changes that won't compile for a while, then they should move off to a branch.