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From: Kurt Cockrm 762-6417
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 19:17
Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 19:17
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In article <9205131814.AA19527@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) writes: [...] >In principle, the FSF could play the role of the source site for this. >In practice, we can't, for two reasons: we don't have enough disk >space to keep old source versions, and we can't undertake the >administrative burden of making these arrangements--it would be too >much trouble if we had to negotiate with a number of sysadmins before >deleting any version of the source. But there are many source archive >sites, and probably several of them will make such arrangements, thus >splitting up the burden. [...] Why doesn't FSF use RCS (a product that they distribute)? That would simplify the disk space problem; CVS is said to alleviate the administrative problems. True or false? In an environment where dozens of configurations abound, I would think that this would be a major win. Is this an implicit statement that FSF finds these tools wanting or is there something I don't know? kurt@grogatch.celestial.com (Kurt Cockrum)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,1543162a55080252 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-05-18 21:10:00 PST Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mdisea!johnny5!dyndata!eskimo!kurt From: kurt@eskimo.celestial.com (Kurt Cockrm 762-6417) Subject: Re: Binary-only archives Message-ID: <1992May18.191702.1920@eskimo.celestial.com> Summary: Why doesn't FSF use RCS/CVS? Organization: Cores 'R Us References: <9205131814.AA19527@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 18 May 1992 19:17:02 GMT Lines: 19