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Re: RFC: DOCPATCH: History of version control systems

From: Zack Brown <zbrown_at_tumblerings.org>
Date: 2002-11-06 23:27:18 CET

Actually, I'd better just let the actual authors take care of generating
text. As Ben pointed out to me, there's a lot more involved than just
adding content. I'm just happy to be able to watch this book take shape
in a public forum, and to point out the occassional spelling mistake.
And there are many other docs to be maintained [rubbing hands together
in anticipation]

Be well,
Zack

On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:07:11PM +0100, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
> 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.
>
>

-- 
Zack Brown
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