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Date:      Sat, 1 May 1999 19:33:33 +0100 
From:      paul@originative.co.uk
To:        dillon@apollo.backplane.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: solid NFS patch #6 avail for -current - need testers files) 
Message-ID:  <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FF1F@octopus>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Dillon [mailto:dillon@apollo.backplane.com]
> Sent: 01 May 1999 18:24
> To: Harlan Stenn
> Cc: Doug Rabson; Kevin Day; Mike Smith; david@aps-services.com;
> paul@originative.co.uk; freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: solid NFS patch #6 avail for -current - need 
> testers files)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> :BitKeeper should be ready soon.
> :
> :Once it's been proven stable, might it be a better 
> alternative to CVS?
> :
> :H
> 
>     Maybe, but we wouldn't know for a couple of years.  You 
> don't just go
>     trusting 15+ years worth of source history to a program 
> that has just
>     barely been written.  I think the Linux people are making 
> a huge mistake
>     by not using CVS.

15 years? Our cvs repository is only about 5 years old and cvs isn't 15
years old!

I agree with the sentiment though :-)

Although, if it's widely used I suspect it will stabilise much sooner than a
couple of years. If it has the required features it might be worth playing
with on the back burner to see how it shaped up.

Paul.


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