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Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Re: cvs kernel
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From: Jason Henry Parker <jasonp at uq.net.au>
Date: 03 Dec 2001 11:49:24 +1000
In-Reply-To: Paul Gearon's message of "Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:36:19 +1000 (EST)"
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Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com> writes:

> 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.

Using CVS (indeed, any sort of version control) does not require that
every developer have write access to the repository.

Permit me to demonstrate, Paul...
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