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Re: subversion vs cvs (Was: Re: linked list rewrite)

Matthew T. O'Connor <matthew@zeut.net>

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From: "Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>
To: Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
Cc: David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-03-25T04:13:40Z
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On Wednesday 24 March 2004 06:03 pm, Dustin Sallings wrote:
> 	There's not a lot of GUI in arch, but star-merge is fairly incredible.
>   This is how tla (the main arch implementation) itself is developed.
> Lots of branches in lots of archives by lots of people.

I would guess that better merging might be a real motivation for people.  If a 
patch that takes a month to develop can still apply cleanly despite 
significant code drift in the interrem, I could see that as a real motivating 
factor.


Matthew