From: Greg A. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Like I said, it would depend on who you are And I don't speak for
Per Cederqvist either, but I have written at least a few small
paragraphs in the CVS manual.
I think you should write more... when you're not busy being insane,
you're very helpful.
: [Info-cvs] Re: What is Cederqvist?
From: Greg A. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Like I said, it would depend on who you are And I don't speak for
Per Cederqvist either, but I have written at least a few small
paragraphs in the CVS manual.
I think you should write more... when you're not busy
[ On Thursday, September 14, 2000 at 14:44:29 (-0700), Craig Saunders wrote: ]
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
You are the "old-timer" that I referred to. And as I recall, you did
not use the full name of the manual...
sarcasm
what was that I said about using "the CV
[ On , September 14, 2000 at 17:28:30 (-0700), Russ Allbery wrote: ]
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
Greg A Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[ On Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 17:15:25 (-0700), Tom Werges wrote: ]
In my opinion, referring to a standard document by the last name of its
Greg, you are so cute when you are like this.
Greg A. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Referring to a book as "The last-name" is objectifying and
disembodying the person who wrote the book and reducing them to one sole
example of their creative efforts (even if they did only create one such
work to
Please please no more Cederqvist arguments! This list has enough traffic
normally without such things... you guys should take it off line if you'd
like to discuss it further.
Thanks,
- Casey
[ On Friday, September 15, 2000 at 23:04:40 (+0800), Mark Harrison wrote: ]
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
It does not. I'm the author of 3 books, and it is actually quite pleasant
to know that you've written a book that is well enough received to
become known by your name.
Like I said
[ On Friday, September 15, 2000 at 11:49:43 (-0400), Rich Salz wrote: ]
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
Well this old timer really thinks it very very very bad form to refer to
something like this by the disembodied name of its creator
What, you've never heard "according to
[ On Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 15:34:02 (-0700), Craig Saunders wrote: ]
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
I find this all very amusing because when I suggested that
we should have an FAQ (which would include answers to
questions like this) I was told by the loud, obnoxious
old-timers
[ On Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 17:15:25 (-0700), Tom Werges wrote: ]
Subject: RE: What is Cederqvist?
In my opinion, referring to a standard document by the last name of its author
is not snooty or superior.
I suppose that depends on who you are. In my opinion it does very much
Greg A Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[ On Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 17:15:25 (-0700), Tom Werges wrote: ]
In my opinion, referring to a standard document by the last name of its
author is not snooty or superior.
I suppose that depends on who you are. In my opinion it does very much
From: Jerry Nairn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree with most of your comments, but there is a FAQ at:
http://www.loria.fr/cgi-bin/molli/fom.cgi
Cheers,
Jerry
Which is not updated with QA from the list nor posted
to the mailing list periodically.
Also, with a personal bias, I find it
On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 04:59:46PM -0700, W. Reilly Cooley, Esq. wrote:
On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 04:25:06PM -0700, Matthew Berney wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the Cederqvist? Is it a user manual, some
arcane CVS lore? I have seen many references to it here on the CVS digest.
From: Eric Siegerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:24 AM
Technical terminology is one thing; jargon for its own sake risks
the charge of willful obscurantism.
This document is sometimes called "Cederqvist," sometimes "the manual,"
sometimes "Version
At 2000-09-12 14:24 -0400, Eric Siegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed, I'm glad to have someone finally confirm my theory that
"The Cederqvist" and cvs.info are one and the same -- and I've
been using CVS since version 1.2 or 1.3.
Technical terminology is one thing; jargon for its own
they can use to differentiate who to flame.
Craig Saunders
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From: David Trudgett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
At 2000-09-12 14:24 -0400, Eric Siegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Isn't this the case with _EVERY_ board/list?
My conclusion is that the old-timers want to have their
obscure lingo so that they can feel superior. They can
then separate themselves from the masses while at the
same time, still feel good by professing to want to help
the down-trodden with
- Original Message -
From: Craig Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: What is Cederqvist?
I find this all very amusing because when I suggested that
we should have an FAQ (which would include answers to
questions
In my opinion, referring to a standard document by the last name of its author
is not snooty or superior. It would be annoying to have to list the full title
and author in every reference.
An entry should be added to a faq for this question. That way, people new to
CVS could instantly find out
On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 04:25:06PM -0700, Matthew Berney wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the Cederqvist? Is it a user manual, some
arcane CVS lore? I have seen many references to it here on the CVS digest.
The
reference I use most frequently is "Open Source Development with CVS", by
Well, if you look up "Cederqvist" in Karl's excellent book, he will tell you all
about it. :-)
Matthew Berney wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the Cederqvist? Is it a user manual, some
arcane CVS lore? I have seen many references to it here on the CVS digest.
The
reference I use
look here, and you'll see an online link to
it...
CVS Manual: Version Management with CVS, by Per Cederqvist et al
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/index.html
-teala
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From: Matthew Berney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 4:25 PM
To: 'CVS
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