I'm looking to implement source control for my team. An external requirement that came up is that "managers/leads" want to know who has checked out which file and when. Not really a lock, they just want to know when a file was taken out and by who. It's also a show stopper requirement and is beyond my control.
I'm mainly looking at using Subversion. I figure if I use it through Apache, then I can parse the HTTP logs, unless there's already a tool for that, either 3rd party web log analysis tool or something directly created for subversion.
Any other popular source control tools that may have this kind of feature?
I as a developer would feel a certain discomfort but what your "managers" want is a client-based "spy" programm. This could be implemented as eclipse plugin for example which gathers statics about what files are opened and edited or whatever.
On a side note: Get some sense into your superiors. If they haven't experienced the lack of qualified IT-personel yet, then with a course like this soon they might.
Good project management applies less invasive methods to gather information about progress and effectivity.