[Pkg-bazaar-commits] ./bzr/unstable r35: Notes from Steve Berczuk on purpose of SCM

[Martin Pool]

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revno: 35
committer: Martin Pool <mbp at sourcefrog.net>
timestamp: Sun 2005-03-13 23:06:51 +1100
message:
  Notes from Steve Berczuk on purpose of SCM
modified:
  doc/purpose.txt
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 * As a file-sharing mechanism: even with just a single developer and
   line of development it can be useful to keep files synchronized
   between several machines, which may not always be connected.
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+Steve Berczuk says__:
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+__ http://www.bell-labs.com/cgi-user/OrgPatterns/OrgPatterns?ConfigurationManagementPatterns
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+    A successful configuration management process allows:
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+    * Developers to work together on a project, sharing common code.
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+    * Developers to share development effort on a module.
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+    * Developers to have access to the current stable (tested) version of a system.
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+    * The ability to back up to a previous stable version (one of a number of NamedStableBases), of a system
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+    * The ability of a developer to checkpoint changes to a module and to back off to a previous version of that module
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