From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Choosing a versioning system Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:44 -0400 Message-ID: <87abke7m0j.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <0fadnf78Nt8kvHDanZ2dnUVZ_q7inZ2d@sysmatrix.net> <657buvF2ep4flU1@mid.individual.net> <89aaa431-b54b-4edd-9c55-adb87fb13afa@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206990433 13446 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 19:07:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:07:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rustom Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 21:07:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JgPLz-0006Zb-RS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:07:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPLN-0000U4-UH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:06:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPJK-0006cN-4a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPJI-0006aN-F1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgPJI-0006aF-Bt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:48 -0400 Original-Received: from phsmgmx10.partners.org ([155.52.251.101]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgPJH-0000j8-Un for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:48 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,583,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="121482681" Original-Received: from phsxcon1.mgh.harvard.edu (HELO PHSXCON1.partners.org) ([132.183.130.40]) by phsmgmx10.partners.org with ESMTP; 31 Mar 2008 15:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from PHSXMB8.partners.org ([170.223.201.47]) by PHSXCON1.partners.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu.partners.org ([132.183.29.121]) by PHSXMB8.partners.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:04:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <89aaa431-b54b-4edd-9c55-adb87fb13afa@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com> (rustom's message of "Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:21:34 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Mar 2008 19:04:46.0457 (UTC) FILETIME=[15F5D690:01C89362] X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:52917 Archived-At: rustom writes: > On Mar 29, 10:18=A0pm, Mike Treseler wrote: >> B. T. Raven wrote: >> > Check out Menu>Tools>Version Control >> >> See also: >> >> Menu>Tools>Compare >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0-- Mike Treseler > > Out of curiosity I did this and found that the default version control > system that gets invoked is rcs. > I wonder if this (default) is the best advice to a noob?? > My impression is that rcs was superseded by cvs by svn by.. well... a > lot of competition! I used RCS for a while until I understood the concepts, so I recommend it. I use SVN now, but that's for my projects, my single-file projects (e.g. awk/sh scripts and some elisp) is still in RCS. SVN can be overkill for single files. Besides, it still works ;) Joel --=20 Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended on= ly for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidenti= al and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or ot= her use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons= or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received t= his information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-198= 3 and properly dispose of this information.