Off Topic but About Code managment

[sparky]

Hello,

I have monitored this list on and off for about 6 years and have never 
written to it.

I am in, for the first time, in the spot where I must manage the code 
repository rather than just use CVS as an end user.

What I have is not a CVS specific question per se, but CVS is the 
software I am most failure with.

What I am looking for is some body of articles, books or what ever I can 
get my hands on that will help me understand
the "Why" (not on a pedestrian level) of code management, the 
'gott-chas' of various choices, all of which all are more
than likely valid choices with their own set of  'gott-chas'.

I guess what I am after is more management of code rather than CVS. What 
are the questions I need to answer in order to
effectively and reasonably manage a code base without shooting off my 
toes? (Or at least choosing which toes I am willing to
lose if I must. ;-)

That being the case this seemed to be a reasonable place to ask my first 
question.

   1) Books?
   2) Articles?
   3) Newsgroups?
   4) Old publications?

Apolgies for being off topic

Daniel Avila
Nonstarving Artists
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"Computers are useless, they only give you answers."
Pablo Piccaso/