Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 10 Mar 2002 14:37:59 -0700 | | From | Richard Gooch <> | | Subject | Re: linux-2.5.4-pre1 - bitkeeper testing |
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Hans Reiser writes: > Itai Nahshon wrote: > > >On Sunday 10 March 2002 10:36, Hans Reiser wrote: > > > >>I think that if version control becomes as simple as turning on a plugin > >>for a directory or file, and then adding a little to the end of a > >>filename to see and list the old versions, Mom can use it. > >> > > > >IIRC that was a feature in systems from DEC even before > >VMS (I'm talking about the late 70's). eg. file.txt;2 was revision 2 > >of file.txt. > > > > Was it easy? Did people like it? Any lessons/successes?
Mostly I found it an inconvenience. When playing with big files (say around 1 MiB), you had to remember to purge periodically. I can't recall being grateful that this feature existed.
Certainly, when I switched to Unix, I didn't miss file versioning. I question how useful it really is, except in certain specialised applications (like SCM, where we have tools to fit the job).
Regards,
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