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From: Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Re: cvs kernel
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, James McPherson - TSG Engineer wrote:

> I'd hazard a guess that one reason Linus doesn't like cvs is that you
> need a gatekeeper who commits changes to the repository, and he
> probably doesn't want to change his build/commit style (or habits!) ;|

Pretty good guess James.  :-)

While I personally like CVS, it doesn't suit the style that the kernel
maintainers have developed over the years.  Linus commented that several
people will often work on a particular part of the code, and it's then his
job to pick and choose which should go in (with occasional modifications).
This starts to get difficult in cvs when lots of people are trying to make
contradictory changes, and Linus wants to see them all.

A couple of the other maintainers didn't mind the idea, but several others
sided with Linus.  Given their style of managing the kernel I can't say I
disagree with him, though since I'm not a kernel maintainer I can't speak
from an authoritative position.

Regards,
Paul Gearon

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