Death of RCS

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:19:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael Smith <michael@csuite.ns.ca>
To: Christopher Majka <nextug@is.dal.ca>
Cc: ccn-ip@chebucto.ns.ca, CCN Tech <ccn-tech@chebucto.ns.ca>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Christopher Majka wrote:

> > I'm thinking we can just modify the editing and IP-FTP scripts not to
> > use RCS if an RCS directory doesn't already exist. That way new IPs won't
> > have RCS, and we can slowly phase it out where it isn't needed, and keep
> > it where it's useful (Chebucto stuff).

> If we can work without it, where and for what purposes can people still
> see a need for it?

It's sometimes useful to keep track of why a public document (like
/Home.html) is changed, and what was changed between revisions.

> Also, I'm ashamed to say I can't recall what the purpose of the *.html~
> files is. They seem to linger for inordinate periods of time these days.

Yes, they're backups created the first time a file is initiated into RCS,
but I don't think any of the cronjobs deletes them.

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