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                     19: <h2>Why OpenBSD Developers Use CVS</h2>
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1.15      ian        22: <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">The Concurrent Version System (CVS)</a>
                     23: was selected for use by the OpenBSD project group.
                     24: With CVS, seventy or so developers are able to
1.8       deraadt    25: update the source code (which is over 1349 MB, around 75000 files) that
1.18    ! nick       26: comprise the OS, <a href="ports.html">ports/packages</a>, and XFree86.
        !            27: A large number of OpenBSD users
        !            28: then download the OS sources via <a href="anoncvs.html">anonymous CVS</a>,
1.9       angelos    29: a procedure that is much more reliable than the Software
1.18    ! nick       30: Upgrade Protocol
        !            31: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sup&amp;sektion=1">sup</a>).
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                     35: CVS also allows easy creation and maintenance of branches so that we
1.18    ! nick       36: can provide a release + patches source tree and an up to the minute
1.11      jason      37: development source tree with parallel development.
1.18    ! nick       38: With <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">CVSWeb</a>, a convenient
        !            39: and navigable web accessible interface to all of this is available as well.
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1.18    ! nick       43: Since CVS interfaces with the Secure Shell
        !            44: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh&amp;sektion=1">ssh</a>)
        !            45: it can provide reliable
1.1       kstailey   46: user and host authentication.  This fits in well with the OpenBSD
1.18    ! nick       47: project's <a href="goals.html">goal of security</a>.
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