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Re: Revision control systems [Was: I broke the build]
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Adam Megacz <patches at lists dot megacz dot com>, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:40:42 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Revision control systems [Was: I broke the build]
On 9 Feb 2002, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Adam> BTW, I'm trying to decide on a revision control system for
> Adam> XWT... right now it's looking like arch or bitkeeper... does
> Adam> anybody have any comments on the relitave merits?
>
> My impression is that arch is pretty new. I think it is written in sh
> and awk. For those two reason I would avoid it.
Wasn't CVS written in /bin/sh at first? That's what I've heard.
> cvs isn't as bad as many people claim. It has flaws, but they are
> well known and don't regularly interfere with one's work.
Everyone knows how to use CVS and work around its limitations. That's a
compelling advantage IMO.
Jeff