Re: CVS and Jar files: Should you import Jar into the Repository? Why or why not

[Paul Sander]

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>CVS is meant to be a concurrent versioning system, but
>the design prevents it from achieving this goal when
>it comes to non-diff3-able files.  I see no reason why
>this design cannot be changed in order to achieve its
>intended purpose.

The *design* does not prevent concurrent development on non-diff3-able
files.  The *implementation* does.  There's a difference.  We've already
seen a prototype extension mechanism that patches into CVS without making
intrusive changes that allow additional merge tools to be integrated with
CVS.

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