I have cvs installed on Linux and I am trying to access the cvs with wincvs from a windows client and I have read the cvs man page and been to their site but what do I need to be able to do to have 2 files on the cvs and see what cvs does with them regarding versioning, basically I just wanted a small example of what is possible with cvs. Jim >> Basically if all we had was MS here we could get away with Microsoft's >> SourceSafe but we also code for Lotus Notes and basically how I tie into >> it is that I would like the CVS to run on a Debian box. >> >> That is the issue in a nutshell. >> > > I cannot comment on Lotus Notes since I have neither developed for it or > used it for any real length of time. If it uses text source files, CVS > should be able to handle it just fine. > > However, I can comment on SourceSafe. Unless things have improved > dramatically in the past couple of years, I would not use SoruceSafe, > ever. Even when I was an MS only developer, SourceSafe was a product I > hated to deal with. Repository corruptions, connection problems, failed > code updates, etc. were part of life when using SourceSafe. Even if I was > a MS only developer now, I would look for something other than SourceSafe > if given the choice. This is not MS bashing just because I like Linux and > FS/OSS. It is a statement of my experience with the tool from before and > after I learned about FS/OSS. > > Alan > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss