CVS vs RCS (was Re: prolonging the emacs discussion)

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:36:54 EST
Jason Stephenson said:

>I use CVS over RCS because it not only does the job that RCS does, but 
>also allows me to keep my laptop in sync with my desktop by doing a 'cvs 
>update'. Emacs also understands CVS commands which are pretty much the 
>same as RCS with a few extras thrown in.

I agree, I'm about to begin doing the same thing, except I'm going to 
use subversion (which has much better support for storing binary 
files than CVS does).

>When you do serious software development on multiple machines or with 
>multiple people something like cvs is a lifesaver.

Ayup, which is exactly the role CVS was designed to fill.

>And yes, when you use RCS or CVS those emacs backup files get deleted.

Ahh, good. I thought so, but wasn't sure.

Thanks,
-- 

Seeya,
Paul
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