[ale] Linux Kernel Change Control + CVS

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Nov 7 10:08:23 EST 2002




Mike Millson wrote:
> I read where some time ago Linus stopped using CVS for Linux kernel
> development and started using a commercial version control system. Does
> anyone know the name of the software? If I remember correctly, one of the
> reasons Linus did this was because this other software does not store code
> in a central repository but distributes it amongst users. Why is CVS not
> good for Linux development? Can anyone elaborate on Linus' point? What's so
> bad about a central repository and CVS?

bitkeeper

> 
> Thank you,
> Mike
> 
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