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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <49uduj$pr@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <MICHAELV.95Dec2230815@mindbender.headcandy.com> <49sql5$99f@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <49tgp7$sn5@blackice.winternet.com> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:10:43 GMT Lines: 28 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29122 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9771 comp.unix.advocacy:11710 comp.unix.misc:19812 In article <49tgp7$sn5@blackice.winternet.com>, Jeff Dege <jdege@winternet.com> wrote: >On 3 Dec 1995 10:35:17 -0800, Orc (orc@pell.chi.il.us) wrote: >: >: I don't know how Linus does internal version control, but there >: are plenty of companies that don't use version control (or have got >: Company Standards(tm) like DEC's CMS, which is worthless) that are >: not known for 'buggier and harder to maintain' software. SCCS is >: an unqualified Good Thing(tm), but, regretfully, it's not necessary >: to use it to produce good reliable code. > > Use of automated version control systems is by no means a requirement >in building reliable software, but version control definitely is. If >you can't control changes to your system, you can't keep bugs fixed. >Version control, release control, configuration management, they are >absolutely essential. > > Of course, you can do this without software. In fact, if you do >have a problem, software probably won't fix it. > There have been times when I am very thankful for using CVS or RCS, and it has made the FreeBSD effort much easier to control. It would be really difficult (border line crazy) to have an open effort like FreeBSD without proper version control... John dyson@freebsd.org