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1.20      xsa        19: <h2><font color="#e00000">Why OpenBSD Developers Use CVS</font></h2>
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1.22      nick       23: <a href="http://ximbiot.com/cvs/">The Concurrent Version System (CVS)</a>
1.15      ian        24: was selected for use by the OpenBSD project group.
                     25: With CVS, seventy or so developers are able to
1.22      nick       26: update the source code (which is around 1.2GB, around 140,000 files) that
1.23    ! steven     27: comprise the OS, <a href="faq/ports/index.html">ports/packages</a>, and the X
1.21      matthieu   28: Window System.
1.18      nick       29: A large number of OpenBSD users
                     30: then download the OS sources via <a href="anoncvs.html">anonymous CVS</a>,
1.9       angelos    31: a procedure that is much more reliable than the Software
1.18      nick       32: Upgrade Protocol
1.20      xsa        33: (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sup&amp;sektion=1">sup(1)</a>).
1.11      jason      34:
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                     36: CVS also allows easy creation and maintenance of branches so that we
1.18      nick       37: can provide a release + patches source tree and an up to the minute
1.11      jason      38: development source tree with parallel development.
1.20      xsa        39: With <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb">CVSweb</a>, a convenient
1.18      nick       40: and navigable web accessible interface to all of this is available as well.
1.11      jason      41:
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1.18      nick       43: Since CVS interfaces with the Secure Shell
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1.18      nick       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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