Re: Minor CVS documentation bug - history of CVS - first posted July1986.

[Paul Edwards]

"David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler@dwheeler.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2635.1046526302.21513.bug-cvs@gnu.org...
> By searching Google's cache, I never find the
> original posting in comp.sources.unix; I don't think its history
> goes back that far in comp.sources.unix.

Indeed, 1987-02-13 appears to be the first post there...

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.sources.unix&scoring=d&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=1981
&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=6&as_maxy=1987&selm=885%40mtung.UUCP

> But Google DOES record a first post
> by Dick Grune in mod.sources on 1986-07-03 09:46:35 PST (July 3, 1986).
>
> Grune himself claims it was posted on comp.sources.unix:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Berliner+cvs+group:comp.sources.unix&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=2489%40papaya.bbn.com&rnum=8
> and Berliner's version credits comp.sources.unix:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Berliner+cvs+group:comp.sources.unix&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=2489%40papaya.bbn.com&rnum=8

These two links are the same.

> Date: 1986-07-03 09:46:35 PST

Sounds good to me!

BFN.  Paul.