> i've not tried cvsfs to understand the user > experience; assuming it is not limited, perhaps the internal format > could stay cvs.
Not sure, but I think there may be a misunderstanding, cvsfs creates a dump-like filesystem (with a ChangeLog) from a network connection to a remote cvs file server, not by parsing the repository directly. WRT CVS, I use it at work but often wish I could move the projects to a plan9 fileserver and use dump. As Uriel says I would want some more tools but nothing major. my 2¢ worth -Steve