Re: [patch 1/3] Add SCM info to MAINTAINERS

[Josh Boyer]

On 11/18/05, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >
> > MTD also has a CVS tree... which begs the question as to whether or
> > not CVS trees can be added to the SCM type?
>
> I'd argue against it.
>
> CVS is a piece of crap, and anyody who maintaines stuff in CVS just makes
> it harder to ever merge back. That's not just a theory - we've had that
> situation happen in real life over the years, which is why I definitely
> don't want to see any external CVS trees given any kind of recognition at
> all.

You'll get no argument from me.  I've been meaning to bug the MTD
maintainers about switching altogether anyway.

Someone was going to ask about it though, so I thought I'd get "first post" ;).

josh
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