=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/Attic/why-cvs.html,v retrieving revision 1.17 retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18 --- www/Attic/why-cvs.html 2002/12/09 18:45:47 1.17 +++ www/Attic/why-cvs.html 2004/02/19 03:04:36 1.18 @@ -23,29 +23,35 @@ was selected for use by the OpenBSD project group. With CVS, seventy or so developers are able to update the source code (which is over 1349 MB, around 75000 files) that -comprise the OS, ports/packages, and XFree86. A large number of OpenBSD users -then download the OS sources via anonymous CVS, +comprise the OS, ports/packages, and XFree86. +A large number of OpenBSD users +then download the OS sources via anonymous CVS, a procedure that is much more reliable than the Software -Upgrade Protocol (sup). +Upgrade Protocol +(sup).

CVS also allows easy creation and maintenance of branches so that we -can provide a release + patches source tree and a up to the minute +can provide a release + patches source tree and an up to the minute development source tree with parallel development. +With CVSWeb, a convenient +and navigable web accessible interface to all of this is available as well.

-Since CVS interfaces with the Secure Shell (ssh) it can provide reliable +Since CVS interfaces with the Secure Shell +(ssh) +it can provide reliable user and host authentication. This fits in well with the OpenBSD -project's goal of security. +project's goal of security.


-OpenBSD +OpenBSD www@openbsd.org
-$OpenBSD: why-cvs.html,v 1.17 2002/12/09 18:45:47 jufi Exp $ +$OpenBSD: why-cvs.html,v 1.18 2004/02/19 03:04:36 nick Exp $