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From: rae@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Reid Ellis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: multi-platform revision control
Summary: What revision control system are people using across platforms?
Keywords: rcs, unix, macintosh, ibm, projector, a/ux
Message-ID: <rae.654207242@fred>
Date: 24 Sep 90 20:14:02 GMT
Sender: Reid Ellis <rae%alias@csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: Reid Ellis <rae@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
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When developing code to be compiled on different platforms such as
the Macintosh and MS-DOS machines, it is desirable and even
necessary to standardize the revision control system to make it as
accessible as possible by programmers in different environments.

Under MPW we have "projector".  Under most Unix systems we have
"RCS" and "SCCS".  I have a few questions for people who have had
to choose amongst the possible options:

	1.	If you chose "projector", how do PC users access
		the software repository [the "repo"]?

	2.	If you chose RCS or SCCS on a centralized UNIX or
		MS-DOS machine, how do the Macintosh users access
		it?  Did you have to write an MPW tool to "rsh" to
		the machine?

From what I can gather, if there is a "projector" tool under A/UX,
most of the problem is solved.  PC users can readily "rsh projector"
from their PCs and Mac users can continue as always using MPW's
"checkin" and "checkout" tools.

Please mail comments to me and I will post a summary.  Thanks!

					Reid

PS: I heard that Microsoft has in-house software to handle this.
    (a) is it true?  (b) are they planning on selling it?
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