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CVS Infrastructure

Posted by michael on from the diff-on-steroids dept.

LiquidPC writes: "ONLamp.com has an article on FreeBSD's CVSup servers, which includes hints and guidelines on using CVSup. Also, advice from John Polstra, designer of CVSup."

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  1. Re:cvsup good, cvs baaaaaad by stripes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    CVS has some big flaws, but it is quite nice. I haven't seen a source code control system that didn't have problems. Anyway I think you should look at subversion they are directly addressing CVSs big flaws. It looks like the authors know a lot about CVS, and like CVS, so whatever they build will probably not suck more then CVS...

    ...except they have a lot of dependence on Apache and the DAV module. So that part at least sucks differently then CVS, and maybe more. Hopefully subversion will get far enough along that I can find out for myself though.

    If McVoy would stop playing silly license games with Bitkeeper so he can try to become the next Sourceforge (sorry, but you lost), then the world would probably beat a path to his door.

    Bitkeeper does look cool. I don't think subversion can do the same sort of hierarchy of repositories that bitkeeper can. Anyway I don't think McVoy wants to be the next SourceForge (are they making money?), he want to be the next PerForce, CodeSafe, or whoever else has made a ton of money directly off version control software.

    In the meantime, are there any robust and free alternatives to cvs?

    No, unless by "robust" you really mean "alpha quality, not trusted to be self hosting yet". Try again in six months :-)

  2. Re:BSDs should develop a truly free CVS equivalent by Brett+Glass · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Given GCC's extensive use to compile BSD licencsed code, getting rid [of] GCC should be a higher priority issue.

    I don't disagree. GCC also poses another threat: it is wiping out virtually all alternatives. A monoculture is not a good thing, and so for this reason alone a BSD-licensed alternative should be developed.