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1.20    ! xsa        19: <h2><font color="#e00000">Why OpenBSD Developers Use CVS</font></h2>
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1.15      ian        23: <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">The Concurrent Version System (CVS)</a>
                     24: was selected for use by the OpenBSD project group.
                     25: With CVS, seventy or so developers are able to
1.8       deraadt    26: update the source code (which is over 1349 MB, around 75000 files) that
1.18      nick       27: comprise the OS, <a href="ports.html">ports/packages</a>, and XFree86.
                     28: A large number of OpenBSD users
                     29: then download the OS sources via <a href="anoncvs.html">anonymous CVS</a>,
1.9       angelos    30: a procedure that is much more reliable than the Software
1.18      nick       31: Upgrade Protocol
1.20    ! xsa        32: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sup&amp;sektion=1">sup(1)</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.
1.20    ! xsa        38: With <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">CVSweb</a>, a convenient
1.18      nick       39: and navigable web accessible interface to all of this is available as well.
1.11      jason      40:
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1.18      nick       42: Since CVS interfaces with the Secure Shell
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1.18      nick       44: it can provide reliable
1.1       kstailey   45: user and host authentication.  This fits in well with the OpenBSD
1.18      nick       46: project's <a href="goals.html">goal of security</a>.
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