From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 14:42:44 -0500 (EST)
To: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: Dennis Janssen <nessnaj AT worldonline DOT nl>,
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Sources
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There's an easy way to solve that problem permanently.
First pop all the sources out and use rcs to put all of them
into the next system.  I believe rcs is covered by the g.p.l. and
it has been known to save programmer's bacon in the past too.
On Sat,
15 Mar
1997,
Alaric B. Williams wrote:

> On 14 Mar 97 at 20:34, Dennis Janssen wrote:
> 
> > So the sources are in some weirdo source control system, right? What
> > is/does a `source control system' (do)?
> 
> A source control system keeps track of the myriads of source files in 
> a large project, making sure that no two people are editing the same 
> module at the same time, for example, and tracking version numbers.
>  
> > And if Caldera is having so much diffuculty getting the sources out of it,
> > how did they compile them in the first place?
> 
> The SCS in use is proprietry; they can use it, sure, but they can't 
> give it to us, but without it, we wouldn't be able to compile the 
> sources!
>  
> ABW
> --
> Governments are merely protection rackets with good images.
> 
> Alaric B. Williams Internet : alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
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> 


jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>