Michael G Schwern <[email protected]> wrote:
1986 CVS Now people can work on multiple files AT THE SAME TIME 1990 CVS adds branching
I recently read http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dick/CVS.html#History which describes the early history of CVS. I found it striking that (a) it was designed for a team of only three people, so didn't need to be concerned with scalability to large groups; (b) it was used for the very first version of a new project, so managed to get away without any use of branches; and (c) the working hours of the specific people involved were largely disjoint, so they rarely needed to commit anything simultaneously. None of this should be a surprise to those who've had the misfortune of using CVS. -- Aaron Crane ** http://aaroncrane.co.uk/
