Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:29:34 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: siguing into current from a random version Message-ID: <199612100029.RAA19616@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199612092326.PAA06087@root.com> from "David Greenman" at Dec 9, 96 03:26:06 pm
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Terry Lambert opined:
% I can barely remember that we've
% been suffering from two people hammering at the tree at the same spot,
% and causing inconsistencies by this. 99.9 % of the problems have been
% human errors.
David Greenman reinforced:
> In fact, in the history of the project, I don't think it has ever occurred.
> The mistakes I was refering to are botched diffs and incomplete commits.
Two ugly situations CVS doesn't handle well. One of the major caveats
of CVS is that transactions are not atomic; commits that are interrupted
by equipment, connectivity, and operator headspace errors are difficult
to recover from. It's not perfect, but the price is right. Or is it?
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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