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It’s pretty amazing to browse code repos that go back over 25 years. Does anyone know which version control system they (BSD) used back then? SCCS?
by cpach 12y ago
It’s pretty amazing to browse code repos that go back over 25 years. Does anyone know which version control system they (BSD) used back then? SCCS?
- oblio 12y agoMore likely a file server somewhere, email and patches. After all Linux didn't use a SCM until quite late.
- the_why_of_y 12y agoThat's because Linus had the fairly unique position that CVS et al. are actually worse than not using a SCM at all. The BSDs have been using CVS for a long time so it's plausible they used something like RCS or SCCS before CVS was available. FreeBSD repo goes back to 1993: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=2 https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=2
- makomk 12y agoYep, that repo was apparently converted from SCCS: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2012-10/msg00350.html http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2012...