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Re: source mgt. requirements solicitation
DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:
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>> 10) The utility of the existing revision control set up to
>> people who lack write access is distinctly less than
>> the utility to people with write access.
>
> This is a good thing. We don't want them to be able to do all the
> things write-access people can do. That's the whole point.
Not on the central repository, no. But it might be that people
(people without write access to the main repository) could usefully
keep branches on their own repository (perhaps merging the patches in
at some stage). With CVS, that's not possible, but with a distributed
CM system it would be.
>> 11) Some efforts, such as overhauling the build process, will
>> probably benefit from a switch to rev ctl. systems that
>> support tree rearrangements.
>
> Like CVS? It supports trees.
It doesn't handle renaming files or directories. There are ways to do
both, but you lose something, whatever you choose to do.