Re: Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test10 released

From: Nick Andrew (nick-200309_at_nick-andrew.net)
Date: 11/30/03


Date: 30 Nov 2003 15:24:45 +1100


"Rob" <noemail@pse.com> writes:

>Nick Andrew wrote:
>> "Rob" <noemail@pse.com> writes:
>>
>>> What is RCS?
>>
>> Revision Control System. It's one of the cornerstones of reliable
>> system maintenance - to be able to checkin successive revisions of
>> control files, source files, you-name-it, and retrieve previous
>> versions at will. See also CVS.
>>
>> Nick.

>Many thanks. Is RCS better than CVS?

No. RCS is sorta like a self-contained, non-networked, single-user
archiving system. CVS uses RCS as the underlying technology yet
CVS adds concurrent editing, change merging, networked access,
directories and more.

Nick.

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