Paul Eggert wrote: > Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > > - RCS 5.7 and previous always said "RCS file", not "repository". > > > > - ttn's eyes glazed over reading "RCS file", RCS this, RCS that; > > started using "repo" in the source to describe a single ,v file; > > and in the end, succumbed to inflicting this intolerance on the users. > > This is not a good time to be introducing new terminology. > Furthermore, the use of the word "repository" to mean "RCS file" > conflicts with longstanding practice in other revision control systems. > > I'd stick with the term "RCS file" for now, to talk about single ,v files; > that's what people have been used to, and personal preference is > not a good enough reason to overturn longstanding standard practice.
Agreed. RCS is a tool that needs stability. People who are using it are not expecting it to have gratuitous instability. Bob
