[CMake] git too difficult CMake switching to sccs

[Dave Partyka]

LOL!

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com>wrote:

> After trying git for a while, the CMake developers have decided that git
>  is way too complicated, and allows too many edits to take place
> simultaneously.   So, we have decided to use sccs instead.  With sccs, only
> one developer at a time can change a file, this avoids conflicting edits to
> being made to the source tree, and should increase the stability of CMake.
>  Since there are no network protocols supported by sccs, we will have to use
> a single SAMBA share to host the repository. Since we can not export this
> share outside Kitware, only developers located in the Clifton Park office of
> Kitware will be able to checkout a file for edit.  If external developers
> need to change a file, they will have to email one of the CMake developers
> and ask them to check it out locally at Kitware.  Once the CMake dev gets a
> lock on the file, we will email that version to the outside contributor.
>  After changes are made, the file should be emailed back to Kitware, or sent
> on a 3.5 inch floppy disk to:
>
> CMake SCCS revisions at Kitware
> 28 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065
>
> The change will happen today and today only.
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
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