On and off, I have used CVS quite a bit over the years. Of all the
copy-model CM tools I have seen it probably works the best. It has
reasonable support for branching and merging, labeling, and (with the help
of install targets in makefiles) release management. Its not ClearCase -
but the price is right :)

The thing that drives me nuts with CVS is the import utility. The utility
to import existing code to create the initial source repository can drive
you to drink. I mention this because it is not clear to me how the IB
community source control efforts will interact with whatever Newco does. If
they use something different, than someone may be constantly having to merge
Newco's changes into the Community's repository - and that could be painful.
A tool will probably need to be developed to automate this.

Mike

Michael Eden
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Management Insights, Inc.
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