Re: am files in CVS and MAINTAINER_MODE

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > yes (CVS isn't the best tool - it happens to be one of the cheapest).
> > Since it doesn't preserve timestamps or permissions, it's something
> > that we wouldn't consider in $dayjob.
>
> Does subversion preserve these?

I am sure that when working, Subversion is the coolest thing since 
sliced bread.  What turned me off to it is that its operating/runtime 
requirements are much more substantial than CVS due to its use of a 
complex database.  Subversion itself does not seem nearly as portable 
as CVS.  Subversion is not useful (to me) if its client can not be 
easily compiled in (or downloaded for) every modern target 
environment.  Maybe things have improved since I tried last.

Bob
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