From owner-freebsd-current Sat May 1 11:35:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from octopus.originative (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CB514C05 for ; Sat, 1 May 1999 11:35:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) Received: by octopus with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Sat, 1 May 1999 19:33:34 +0100 Message-ID: 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) Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 19:33:33 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message