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

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 09:59:01 (-0500), David Clunie wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: CVS and Jar files: Should you import Jar into the Repository?Why 
> or   why not
> 
> So for everyone who says we shouldn't be doing this because it wasn't
> designed for it, I say point us to a better tool that is as free and
> accessible and familiar as CVS and can also handle all our text and
> source files, and yes, Word and PDF documents too. We don't want one
> tool for text and a different one for binaries, period. Maybe Subversion
> will do the job when it is finished.

So you're successfully using the wrong tool for the job.  It doesn't
make it any more correct.  It's still the wrong tool for the job.
Subtle changes to your process could prove disasterous, just as using a
knife as a screw driver could cause far more serious injury (or damage
to to the workpiece or tool) than would be likely if the correct tool
were used.

> PS. I also store jar files and complete tar'd up releases and all
> sorts of other things in CVS so I guess I am just a heretic.

Use the right tool for the job!

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                                                                Greg A. Woods

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