Re: [Bug-cssc] bug-CSSC post from address@hidden requires approval

[James Youngman]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Joerg Schilling
<address@hidden> wrote:
> James Youngman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> > the revision history for cssc. Is there something I am missing? Do you use 
>> > cssc
>> > for real projects?
>>
>> No, not any more.
>
> Well, opengrok includes support for sccs so there is even a GUI for sccs.
> Why don't you use it anymore? It still seems to be based on the most robust
> file format specification and I know nobody who did ever loss data with SCCS
> during the past 30+ years.

To be fair though, not corrupting data is the absolutely lowest
possible requirement for a configuration management system.

I've certainly seen _incorrectly updated_ SCCS files.   Cases of
deletions or insertions being doubled where repeated sequences of get
-e / delta straddle large backward clock changes.   However, this was
on Dynix, just before IBM bought Sequent.  So I hardly think that
historic defect on a now-obsolete version of SCCS is going to be
material these days.

James.