From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Ozan Yigit Message-ID: References: <20011108064602.DE027199BB@mail.cse.psu.edu>, <20011108023630.R31859@cassie.foobarbaz.net> Subject: cvs et al [Re: [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?)] Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 18:20:11 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1a2f980a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 cnielsen@pobox.com (Christopher Nielsen) writes [in part]: > CVS has a lot of problems. If you're thinking of creating a > source repo, take a look at subversion: > > http://subversion.tigris.org/ while i'm glad that there are more efforts in proper source code control, i don't see how subversion is useful to plan9 crowd. just running the config reveals that it is really intended to live in the special dormitory of linux, containing "apache portable runtime" and "neon" http library (gnu patch?) and so on. [it also needs berkeley db which i don't mind so much :] cvs, with all its failures, do not require this much baggage to be useful. it is hard to tell if there is a useful core "subsubversion" in the present blob that is actually extractable... another notable effort, even less approachable in some ways, is bitkeeper (by Larry McVoy). we cannot even port it around as it is not open sourced yet. see http://www.bitkeeper.com. the documentation is online, so at least one can check out the ideas and principles behind it. oz --- www.cs.yorku.ca/~oz | a consumer survey cannot predict the long-term benefits york u. computer science | of design, nor can it evaluate the contributions of an | experienced designer. -- paul rand