tpchmara@wateng.UUCP (Thomas P. Chmara, Creative Slothfulness Inc.) (08/16/85)
[ It's been a while...is the bug dead ye...]
I'm about to start re-writing some driver software. I'm very interested
in making sure that the stuff gets out the door in short order, and figured
that this might be the time to use a source-control system. Problem: there
are TWO available to me: sccs and rcs (on ULTRIX and 4.2 respectively).
Is there a clear winner? If not, what are the relative merits of one over
the other?
Thanks...
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...!{allegra | decvax | clyde | ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!tpchmaratim@cithep.UucP (Tim Smith ) (08/22/85)
OH GOD! NOT THE SCCS VS RCS THING AGAIN!!! ARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
This is a pre-flame. Some idiot is going to make the claim that SCCS stores
the first version of the file, plus diffs to make the later versions, and
hence is slow to recover later versions. THEY ARE WRONG! End-of-pre-flame.
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ihnp4!{wlbr!callan,cithep}!timrlk@chinet.UUCP (Richard L. Klappal) (08/25/85)
Not to start/contribute to any debate. I understand that RCS is copyrighted, but is the source avail in the public domain? If so, where can I find it? Richard Klappal UUCP: ..!ihnp4!chinet!uklpl!rlk | "Money is truthful. If a man MCIMail: rklappal | speaks of his honor, make him Compuserve: 74106,1021 | pay cash." USPS: 1 S 299 Danby Street | Villa Park IL 60181 | Lazarus Long TEL: (312) 620-4988 | (aka R. Heinlein) -------------------------------------------------------------------------
guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris) (08/26/85)
> This is a pre-flame. Some idiot is going to make the claim that SCCS stores > the first version of the file, plus diffs to make the later versions, and > hence is slow to recover later versions. THEY ARE WRONG! End-of-pre-flame. On the other hand, since SCCS stores files as "the following lines are in thus and such a version, and the lines after that are in these versions, and...", while RCS stores the latest version and diffs to make earlier versions, RCS is faster at retrieving the most recent version and slower at retrieving the earliest version (with some function interpolating between those data points). (SCCS takes the same time to retrieve all versions, RCS takes a time which increases with the number of versions from the most recent.) Guy Harris
campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) (08/28/85)
Can a poor binary licensee obtain sources to either RCS or SCCS (legally)?
frodo@wcom.UUCP (Jim Scardelis) (08/29/85)
> Can a poor binary licensee obtain sources to either RCS or SCCS (legally)?
Even better, can a poor binary licensee obtain binaries for RCS.
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