Did anyone try to port sccs to plan9? > On Apr 18, 2024, at 9:11 AM, Paul Lalonde <paul.a.lalo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Bell Labs approach to source control was, I'm, weak. It relied on > snapshots of the tree and out-of-band communication. Don't forget how small > and tight-knit that development team was, and how valuable perfect historic > snapshots were. > > Add that 40 years ago source code revision control systems were incredibly > primitive. The idea of an atomic change set (in Unix land at least) was > revolutionary in the early 90s. > > This is one place where 35 years of evolution in software practices has very > much improved. > > Paul > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 8:55 a.m. certanan via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net > <mailto:9fans@9fans.net>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is there any more "organic/natural" way to do source control on today's >> Plan9 (9front specifically), other than Ori's Git? >> >> In other words, how (if at all) did people at Bell Labs and the community >> alike originally manage their contributions in a way that would allow them >> to create patches without much hassle? >> >> Was it as simple as backing a source tree up, making some changes, and then >> comparing the two? Venti? Replica? >> >> tom > > 9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest> / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription>Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tab2715b0e6f3e0a5-M1b6d6751f6d830d2a70a696f>
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