From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Publish and be damned. Message-ID: <20010422181324.L2598@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <002b01c0ca53$27545b30$e0b6c6d4@SOMA> <20010422152637.F2598@cackle.proxima.alt.za> <200104221600.MAA26574@augusta.math.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200104221600.MAA26574@augusta.math.psu.edu>; from Dan Cross on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:00:26PM -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:13:25 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8996cbc4-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:00:26PM -0400, Dan Cross wrote: > > Something that makes use of append-only files to store log and > delta information and provides a filesystem view of the repository > makes more sense to me. > I think rsc was looking at it, but he might not have a chance to make progress. I'll be thrilled to see it all migrate to Plan 9 properly, but I see little to be lost by bootstrapping through CVS. It may be a bitch to convert, but surely not impossible. How likely is it that the newer, cleverer version will be totally incompatible with the less sophisticated RCS? Certainly, you have made a very sensible suggestion, and Boyd's approach to use shell scripts is equally sound. I am quite stuck in the Unix paradigm, so I'm in no position to drive this particular project in any fashion. But I could recommend Daniel Friedman's formula for a successful development team: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Boyd will do the "blue" bit, who better than him? We need someone close to the CVS camp for something "borrowed", that leaves something "old", many will fit that bill, and rsc might be ideal for something "new", but there may be other fresh outlooks (your own, perhaps) out there. ++L