On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 04:05:59PM +0100, Nigel Morse wrote:
> So why is it called checkout? It's more of a copyout or retrieve coz it
> doesn't actually checkout anything....
It's historical. The expressions "check out" and "check in"
originated in systems with reserved checkouts, like RCS (by
analogy with library books -- you check it out, you work on it,
you check it back in). The analogy kind of breaks down in CVS,
but the terms have stuck.
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|-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea.
- RFC 1925 (quoting an unnamed source)
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