Free. At 13:11 19/06/2002 -0500, Lawrence Lile wrote: >I notice it is GNU - is it free or do you have to pay for it? > >--Lawrence > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dale Botkin" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:33 PM >Subject: Re: [PIC]: coding style > > > > On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Lawrence Lile wrote: > > > > > Yow! - CVS looks complex and smells like it has security issues. Do I > > > understand correctly that it stores your project documents on somebody > > > else's server? This gives me the shivers. If I was doing a far-flung >GNU > > > project with a bunch of volunteer programmers this might be a good >system to > > > use. > > > > Though it can be very complex in full blown use, it can also be pretty > > simple. I have CVS set up on my own local Linux system and only I use it > > for my own projects. It's been a godsend... you can produce a complete > > history of changes, revert back to the last working version, all kinds of > > things you wish you could do when you accidentally step on something. It > > takes a little while to learn (couple hours or so), and I still have not > > been able to make heads or tails of the Winows CVS client, though I'm sure > > it's simpler than I'm making it. > > > > If you have a UNIX system of some sort around, I highly recommend it - > > even for a single person. > > > > Dale > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > > > >-- >http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! >email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body