Re: Options for Source Code Control: RCS v. SCCS v. CVS

2004-07-11 Thread Elvin Peterson
--- Robert Collins wrote: > On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 03:09, Richard Heintze wrote: > > I need some help understanding how RCS works. I > typed > > "info RCS" and felt confused. > > Not surprisingly. RCS doesn't model what any modern > revision control > system does. He should've used "man rcsintro",

Re: Options for Source Code Control: RCS v. SCCS v. CVS

2004-07-11 Thread Reini Urban
Robert Collins schrieb: On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 03:09, Richard Heintze wrote: I need some help understanding how RCS works. I typed "info RCS" and felt confused. Not surprisingly. RCS doesn't model what any modern revision control system does. ?? For single developers (and esp. single file versioning

Re: Options for Source Code Control: RCS v. SCCS v. CVS

2004-07-10 Thread Robert Collins
On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 03:09, Richard Heintze wrote: > I need some help understanding how RCS works. I typed > "info RCS" and felt confused. Not surprisingly. RCS doesn't model what any modern revision control system does. > Is RCS like CVS in the sense that one runs a un*x > deamon or windows ser

Re: Options for Source Code Control: RCS v. SCCS v. CVS

2004-07-10 Thread Max Bowsher
Richard Heintze wrote: > I need some help understanding how RCS works. I typed > "info RCS" and felt confused. RCS more-or-less dead. I don't think it's seen a new release in years. > Does cygwin include the CVS windows service? If so, > how do I start it up? On Cygwin, you run CVS the unix way.

Re: Options for Source Code Control: RCS v. SCCS v. CVS

2004-07-10 Thread Mike Eggleston
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Richard Heintze wrote: > I need some help understanding how RCS works. I typed > "info RCS" and felt confused. > > Is RCS like CVS in the sense that one runs a un*x > deamon or windows service on a remote node and legions > of programmers use a client implemented with sockets

Options for Source Code Control: RCS v. SCCS v. CVS

2004-07-10 Thread Richard Heintze
I need some help understanding how RCS works. I typed "info RCS" and felt confused. Is RCS like CVS in the sense that one runs a un*x deamon or windows service on a remote node and legions of programmers use a client implemented with sockets or pipes. If so, (1) how do I start the service or deam