[CMake] git too difficult CMake switching to sccs

Markus Duft markus.duft at salomon.at
Thu Apr 1 07:46:16 EDT 2010


pfffffuahahaha.... rofl


On 04/01/10 13:18, Bill Hoffman wrote:
> After trying git for a while, the CMake developers have decided that git
>  is way too complicated, and allows too many edits to take place
> simultaneously.   So, we have decided to use sccs instead.  With sccs,
> only one developer at a time can change a file, this avoids conflicting
> edits to being made to the source tree, and should increase the
> stability of CMake.  Since there are no network protocols supported by
> sccs, we will have to use a single SAMBA share to host the repository.
> Since we can not export this share outside Kitware, only developers
> located in the Clifton Park office of Kitware will be able to checkout a
> file for edit.  If external developers need to change a file, they will
> have to email one of the CMake developers and ask them to check it out
> locally at Kitware.  Once the CMake dev gets a lock on the file, we will
> email that version to the outside contributor.  After changes are made,
> the file should be emailed back to Kitware, or sent on a 3.5 inch floppy
> disk to:
> 
> CMake SCCS revisions at Kitware
> 28 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065
> 
> The change will happen today and today only.
> 
> -Bill
> 
> 
> 



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