Re: Student Looking for A Final Year Project
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:21:30 -0500
"Vince Mulhollon" <vlm@norlight.com> wrote:
>
> On 09/07/2001 11:20:42 AM Andrew Suffield wrote:
>
> >> On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 10:13:50AM -0500, Vince Mulhollon wrote:
> >> > Integrating CVS into Debian (as a core component, not just a
package)
> would
> >> > be a long, complex, and rewarding project.
> >>
> >> But futile and misguided. CVS has whole swathes of fundamental flaws,
> >> largely historical. Better to integrate with something similar to CVS
>
> References? Just curious what the huge problems are. It fundamentally
> seems to work, or at least I've not yet run into any road blocks.
>
The command line arguments CVS use are truely original, which is a really
really bad thing !
:pserver:, :ext: mixed with environment variables.... crazy... what were
they thinking when they came up with that stuff, not simplicity thats for
sure.
I hate CVS, i thought everyone else did as well and people only used it
because of a lack of alternatives.
Glenn
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