[Off-Topic] cvs

[Derrick 'dman' Hudson]

Matthew Wilson <mwilson at sarcastic-horse.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.79.1067018532.702.python-list at python.org>, Holger
> Krekel wrote:
> 
>> CVS is used *widely* throughout the free/opensource communities. 
>> But it seems that the interest is growing to move to more
>> advanced versioning tools like subversion or arch.  Personally
>> i use subversion now wherever feasible/possible. 
> 
> Help me out - what does subversion have on CVS?

Read the FAQ.  (http://subversion.tigris.org)

For one thing, you can rename files and directories.  Also, "changes"
are managed as a unit, rather than just happening to have the same
comment and timestamp in multiple files.  These are the main points
that stick in my mind.

-D

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