Re: RFC: DOCPATCH: History of version control systems

On Wed 2002-11-06 at 13:24:08 -0800, Zack Brown wrote:
[...]
> I'm happy to take that out if that's what folks want. For the record, my
> thinking has been that to a good history of version control, the technical
> details form a central part. I was planning on adding *more* technical
> details to subsequent revisions, to elucidate how the features and
> problems unfolded. Bad?
[...]

I see.

Hm. You want to give people some background to why Subversion is like
it is, by showing them how CVS evolved, don't you?

How about splitting that up into two parts, a general history section
(which also could be a little bit less CVS-centric) and a more
technical section, which could show why version control systems are
like they are today. Like

"A history of version control" and
"A technical history Subversion" (including CVS, of course)

You already have those two parts, just not as cleanly sperated. I am
not good at writing such things, but I am sure, you got the idea.

Regards,

        Benjamin.