[Info-vax] Where to locate software

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2016-06-15 14:17, Kerry Main wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
>> Johnny Billquist via Info-vax
>> Sent: 15-Jun-16 5:19 AM
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>> Cc: Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se>
>> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] Where to locate software
>
> [snip..]
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>> I've been trying to keep out of this thread, but could people just
>> clarify one thing for me. What is CVS and SVN classified as here? Are
>> they distributed version control systems, or centralized?
>>
>> Because the normal flow of work is never that you lock files when
>> working on them in these systems, but I did get the impressions that
>> people classified them as centralized. Which then confuses me, as
>> people
>> somehow put an equal sign between centralized and locking.
>>
>> And if CVS and SVN are defined as distributed, then what is the
>> argument
>> between them and GIT about?
>>
>> 	Johnny
>
>>From earlier post by Lawrence - article has nice theory and summary
> (bit dated, but still pretty good)
>
> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki

Thanks. Not what I asked, but still interesting to check out.

	Johnny