To SVN or not to SVN?

[nathanww]

Hello all,

One of the things that I'm trying to decide about programming this year is whether or not our team is going to use subversion. We're probably talking about 2-3 programmers. In previous years, we haven't used it--but last year the code got nigh-impossible to manage(we had like 7 or 8 projects with names like "Lario Kario final PID") and one situation where someone accidentally downloaded the code for a different robot at a practice day(making one of the chains fall off)

Anyway, I was wondering what experiences people here have had with subversion. None of us has actually used it before--is it difficult to learn? And how much value would it be to a team of this size?