Re: Fedora news
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 10:33 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> "Red Hat has opened up the source code repository--governed by software
> called Concurrent Version System, or CVS--so outsiders can see the latest
> software that's in the works." Does this mean that, up until now, Fedora
> hasn't had an equivalent of Debian sid to be able to dogfood the latest and
> greatest? Fark, no wonder no outsiders could get involved in developing the
> damn thing...
No, it means they've opened the CVS for their custom tools. Red Hat's
sid is called Rawhide and has existed for a very long time. The CVS
access means that people can access the actual source without waiting
for a release.
Ross
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