Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: may I pick your brains?

[Bruce Stephens]

"C. R. Oldham" <address@hidden> writes:

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> Now, being told that my programmers can easily branch and create
> offline copies of archives, littering their file storage area with
> lots of little archives kind of scares me.  To me, that means some
> pretty strict policies and procedures that cannot be enforced via
> technical means need to be put in place.

That's a valid concern, but programmers will do that anyway, even with
inadequate tools.  Arch (or some other tool which allows cheaper
branching) just helps avoid the manual copying and things.

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