In simple language, CVS is where you keep your code when lots of people
are working on it at the same time. When one person makes changes to the
code, he/she submits them to the cvs repository so everyone else can see
them/modify them.
Obviously, this helps open source by making it easier for many people,
spread out over a large area to work together.
BTW, cvs isn't the only thing out there, it's just the most popular in the
open source community.
DvB
On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Vic wrote:
> I know enough Linux to do light system administration, but
> my biggest newbie thing is cvs, what is it? why is it?
> and how can it benefit me the most if i want to start writing freeware
> for the Linux community?
> --
> Linux Cat
