RE: CVS corrupts binary files ...

[Jim.Hyslop]

Greg A. Woods wrote:
While I agree with most of what you wrote, I'd like to examine this one a
little more:

> Also what you and many other folks seem to forget as well is 
> that manual procedures and processes can be far easier and 
> more effective than canned software tools for implementing 
> some parts of a complete SCM system.

Any manual procedure is prone to error. I prefer to automate things as much
as possible, to minimize the possibility of human error. Any time I see a
manual process, I wonder how it could be automated.

I'm *not* saying that one tool, or even a variety of canned tools, will do
the job - the automation could be as simple as a batch file or script that
issues the appropriate commands in the correct sequence (with appropriate
error checking).

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)