On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 10:54:49AM -0500, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: [...] > > You're basically using the fact that CVS cannot be archived easily on > a third-party service as a BENEFIT of CVS? How does that make any > sense?
It is possible to set up cvs-based repository and make it usable over the network. I just see no reason to do this and if I wanted to share my repo over the net then I would have used git, most probably. Or rather, just put it on the free service out there. > Git absolutely can be used on a local machine without any internet > access, too. "git init" is trivial and does not require internet > access; in your prescribed scenario, you can use git the same way > you're using cvs, if you don't care about the GitHub "social coding" > or whatnot. I know because I have used git for a (very short) while. There was not enough magick to make me abandon cvs so I keep using cvs. [...] > CVS does NOT allow novice users to edit commits. This is a huge > deal-breaker for any use these days, just see how the "normal" people > never understood the idea behind not being able to fix typos in their > tweets. [...] I have no idea why would I want to edit commits, or repositories, by hand (assuming I read you correctly). Is it not easier to edit files and just commit them and in such way change the repo into what I would like it to be? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] **
