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From: steve@umigw.MIAMI.EDU (steve emmerson)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Source Code Control
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Date: 20 Jun 89 13:20:38 GMT
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In article <39400028@m.cs.uiuc.edu> render@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Hal Render) writes:
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>The problems you mention with branching versions is somewhat new to me.
>I don't know of any current SCM systems that don't allow branching versions,
>unless they have been developed by shops where such things are no-nos.

Since shape has been mentioned (and I'm investigating it) I thought 
I'd mention that it is one SCM system that doesn't explicitly allow 
branching.  Instead, I believe one can use its "variant" concept to 
achieve similar functionality.

The authors argue that branching isn't *that* important in practice, and,
in those cases where it is important, the end result is usually a variant
(i.e. parallel) line of development.  (These assertions have been true in
my work).
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