What is CVS?

[Red Hat]

What is CVS & what does it stand for?

Thanks.

[Tyr-7BE]

CVS = Current Version Something? I dunno what it stands for. It's a network filesystem that allows developers to synchronize development efforts. Once a source file for a particular project has been modified, the file goes into the project's CVS repository so that other developers can log in and see what's been done so far and expand on that. If you take a look at CVS repositories, it's just a whole lot of source files. If you're looking for bleeding edge software (ludicrously unstable stuff), you'll find it in CVS repositories.

[Red Hat]

Thanks for that :=)

[trekker]

It stands for Concurrent Versions System. Check out http://www.cvshome.org

[ 24 March 2001: Message edited by: trekker ]