Re: subversion vs cvs (Was: Re: linked list rewrite)

From: Dustin Sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net>
To: "Magnus Naeslund(t)" <mag(at)fbab(dot)net>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, neilc(at)samurai(dot)com, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, sailesh(at)cs(dot)berkeley(dot)edu, Frank Wiles <frank(at)wiles(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: subversion vs cvs (Was: Re: linked list rewrite)
Date: 2004-03-25 20:07:23
Message-ID: 0786736F-7E98-11D8-9C78-000393CFE6B8@spy.net
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On Mar 25, 2004, at 9:22, Magnus Naeslund(t) wrote:

> > You can use distributed revision control systems as centralized
> > systems, but not vice-versa.
> >
>
> Not true, the other way around exists, that is what svk does.

From its description, svk sounds like a completely different system:

``svk is a decentralized version control system written in Perl. It
uses the subversion filesystem but provides some other powerful
features.''

I.e. it seems to have a CVS vs. RCS relationship. It would be unfair
to call CVS RCS.

--
Dustin Sallings

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