17 SCCS (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
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This article is from the Configuration Management Tools FAQ, by Dave Eaton dwe@arde.com with numerous contributions by others.
17 SCCS (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
SCCS (Source Code Control System) is comes with most UNIX
distributions. It has been ported to many different platforms, but is
no longer being enhanced or improved. Though disputed, the general
consensus has been that this tool is clumsy and not suited to large
numbers of users working on one project. A common misconception is
that SCCS baselines the initial version and keeps deltas to create
newer versions. Actually, SCCS interleaves all the versions; this is
not as bad as the common misconception, but it can make new
development get progressively slower. Many people place scripts around
the SCCS commands to improve the user interface.
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