I vote for sending diffs on 8" floppies (3.5" are such fiddly things) and use tar for archiving purposes. And all contributors are encouraged to use ed to do the coding since it is much less distracting than any of the alternatives.
On 1. Apr, 2010, at 14:54 , Daniel Blezek wrote: > Hmmm, SCCS seems a bit unusable, especially for noobs. Based on this post > http://www.newt.com/scm/rcs-sccs, I suggest we move to RCS. > > One question: what is this thing called a "3.5 inch floppy"? > > Happy 4/1/10 > > > On 4/1/10 6:18 AM, "Bill Hoffman" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> After trying git for a while, the CMake developers have decided that git >> is way too complicated, and allows too many edits to take place >> simultaneously. So, we have decided to use sccs instead. With sccs, >> only one developer at a time can change a file, this avoids conflicting >> edits to being made to the source tree, and should increase the >> stability of CMake. Since there are no network protocols supported by >> sccs, we will have to use a single SAMBA share to host the repository. >> Since we can not export this share outside Kitware, only developers >> located in the Clifton Park office of Kitware will be able to checkout a >> file for edit. If external developers need to change a file, they will >> have to email one of the CMake developers and ask them to check it out >> locally at Kitware. Once the CMake dev gets a lock on the file, we will >> email that version to the outside contributor. After changes are made, >> the file should be emailed back to Kitware, or sent on a 3.5 inch floppy >> disk to: >> >> CMake SCCS revisions at Kitware >> 28 Corporate Drive >> Clifton Park, NY 12065 >> >> The change will happen today and today only. >> >> -Bill >> >> > > -- > Daniel Blezek, PhD > Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Center > > P 127 or (77) 8 8886 > T 507 538 8886 > E [email protected] > > Mayo Clinic > 200 First St. S.W. > Harwick SL-44 > Rochester, MN 55905 > mayoclinic.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
