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From: James McPherson - TSG Engineer <James.McPherson at Sun.COM>
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On 03 Dec 2001, 08:47:27 AM Jason Henry Parker wrote:
> Sandra Milne <silne at optushome.com.au> writes:
> > Anyone know if cvs kernel source is coming to linux?
> 
> Linus doesn't like CVS; also there is the small matter of a directory
> called `core' that would need sorting out for the drooling masses.

"Linus doesn't like it" seems like a pretty damn poor reason to not 
implement a tool like cvs, the benefits of which have been proven time 
and time again. And for much larger projects than the linux kernel too!
And for tidying up net/core -- doesn't look all that bad to me on a first
glance...



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