Re: Kernel Documentation - CVS ?

Karl M. Hegbloom (karlheg+linux@inetarena.com)
21 Jul 1997 02:43:42 -0700


>>>>> Kevin M Bealer <kmb203@psu.edu> writes:

Kevin> 2. Documentation will always be a little out of sync,
Kevin> anyone who experiments a lot with code knows you can't keep
Kevin> it up to date for each tweak. If it is in a seperate file,
Kevin> it can be kept coordinated and also versioning would be
Kevin> seperate.

Isn't this the sort of thing that ChangeLog files and CVS checkin log
entries are meant to address? Why isn't the Linux kernel kept in a
CVS repository? What is the reasoning behind not doing so?

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