[Info-vax] Is there a way to enabling versioning in Samba

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2017-07-24 kl. 22:28, skrev Stephen Hoffman:
> On 2017-07-24 19:56:26 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:
> 
>> Den 2017-07-24 kl. 21:41, skrev Stephen Hoffman:
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>>>> don.zong at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> ...so that whenever there is a change in the file, it will create a 
>>>>> new file with a new version....
>>>> ...
>>> My impression is that the file system is the wrong tool for most sorts 
>>> of version control.
>>
>> Of course. And the file version in VMS has little to do with version 
>> *control*, of course.
> 
> I've worked with a number of folks...

Then blame the craftsman, not the tool.

> that do use file versions for exactly 
> that; for source control.   It's fairly common usage on smaller projects on 
> OpenVMS.   Many of the developers have been very experienced and long-time 
> OpenVMS folks, too.    What was asked by the OP has been a fairly common 
> reason why folks have asked similar questions about OpenVMS file version 
> creation and overwrites, too. Hence my DVCS-related comments.  Also why I'd 
> commented on different potential goals that might be in play here.   
> Different folks use OpenVMS for different reasons, and sometimes in vastly 
> different ways,
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