<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events) --> <!--X-From-R13: Hnqvz Fxnpuraxb <inqvzgN4pf.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 21:32:18 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 34EB01B1.C3F87F11#4cs,com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199802172216.WAA22018#out1,ibm.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00544.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00546.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00536.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00616.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00545">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00545">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00545">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:43:45 -0600</LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:vt#vadimt,4cs.com">vt#vadimt,4cs.com</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> coder#ibm,net wrote: > > On 16/02/98 at 03:37 PM, Vadim Tkachenko <vadimt#4cs,com> said: > >coder#ibm,net wrote: > > >[skipped] > >> I am becoming a fast fan of journalling versioning file systems. These > >> problems just disappear. > > >Can you please elaborate on that? > > Journalling filesystems (loosely speaking) run the filesystem as a > journalling database. OK, I see - I just jumped at the wrong sentence being under influence of my RCS investigations :-)) > RCS, CVS, SCCS and company are version control systems. They have nothing > to do with filesystems per se -- they operate at the file or directory > level. I use RCS -- I haven't looked into CVS (tho I suppose I should). > Comparitively RCS is a superset of SCCS, and is quite simple. CVS announces itself as a wrapper for RCS, as it goes from the docs I managed to read so far, you can keep the repository as a single entity instead of multiple RCS files. > Note a versioning filesystem would essentially do RCS int he background > without your ever having to touch it. cf ClearCase. By the way, what does 'cf' stand for? > >RCS is good enough, the only thing I haven't figured out yet is how to > >allow multiple users to edit and compile the code with a minimum overhead > >- the kind of people I'm dealing with is having difficulties setting > >CLASSPATH... > > Spec the problem out a little more and I may be able to help. Just caught the chiken-pox from my daughter, so I have a week to investigate without any interference :-) > J C Lawrence -- Still alive and smile stays on, Vadim Tkachenko <VadimT#4CS,Com> -- UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00642" HREF="msg00642.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> coder#ibm,net</li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00616" HREF="msg00616.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> coder#ibm,net</li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00524" HREF="msg00524.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> coder#ibm,net</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00544.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Clients</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00546.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The MLI Project</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00536.html">Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00616.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00545"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00545"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] DBs and Events</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DBs and Events</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Mon 16 Feb 1998, 02:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00500" HREF="msg00500.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Mon 16 Feb 1998, 23:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00524" HREF="msg00524.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Wed 18 Feb 1998, 10:34 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00536" HREF="msg00536.html">Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Fri 20 Feb 1998, 09:55 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00545" HREF="msg00545.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Fri 20 Feb 1998, 21:32 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00616" HREF="msg00616.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Fri 27 Feb 1998, 06:02 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00642" HREF="msg00642.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Sat 28 Feb 1998, 04:57 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00668" HREF="msg00668.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Version Control (was: DBs and Events)</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com">Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 02 Mar 1998, 15:07 GMT </LI> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00437" HREF="msg00437.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] DBs and Events</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 12 Feb 1998, 18:12 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>