freebsd-skq/gnu/usr.bin/rcs/REFS
gjb c5342bffee Revert r256095, r256120 (partial), r256121:
r256095:
 - Add gnu/usr.bin/rcs back to the base system.

r256120:
 - Add WITHOUT_RCS back to src.conf.5.

r256121:
 - Remove UPDATING entry regarding gnu/usr.bin/rcs removal.

Requested by:	many
Approved by:	re (marius)
Discussed with:	core
2013-10-09 17:07:20 +00:00

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Here are references to RCS and related free software and documentation.
Some of this information changes often; see the Frequently Asked Questions
for more up-to-date references.
$FreeBSD$
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
<http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/Software-Engineering/>
<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/software-eng/>
for software engineering; e.g. see
<http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/Software-Engineering/blurb/rcs>.
<http://www.iac.honeywell.com/Pub/Tech/CM/CMFAQ.html>
<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/software/config-mgmt/>
for configuration management
<http://www.winternet.com/~zoo/cvs/FAQ.txt>
<ftp://ftp.odi.com/pub/users/dgg/FAQ.gz>
for CVS (see below)
RCS and related GNU project software
<ftp://ftp.cs.purdue.edu/pub/RCS/>
The RCS project distribution directory also contains beta versions,
ports, and prebuilt documentation.
<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/>
The GNU project distribution directory contains:
diffutils-N-tar.gz
the latest diffutils release; recommended for RCS
emacs-N-tar.gz
The latest Emacs release contains VC, a version-control package
that makes RCS easier to use.
make-N-tar.gz
GNU Make, which can automatically build from RCS files.
rcs-N-tar.gz
the latest RCS release
cvs-N-tar.gz
the latest official CVS release (see below)
<ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/gnu/devtools/> DOS, OS/2 ports
<ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/microlib/nt/gnu/> NT port
CVS
CVS, the Concurrent Versions System, keeps tracks of source changes
made by groups of developers working on the same files concurrently,
allowing them to resync as needed.
<http://www.winternet.com/~zoo/cvs/>
<http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html>
These pages have useful information about CVS.
<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/cvs-1.3.tar.gz>
CVS 1.3 is the latest released version.
<ftp://ftp.delos.com/pub/cvs/alpha/cvs-1.4A2.tar.gz>
CVS 1.4 is in alpha test, but it is recommended if you are installing CVS
for the first time, or on a recent operating system.
<ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/unix/> DOS, OS/2 ports
<ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/microlib/nt/gnu/> NT port
<ftp://ftp.cyclic.com/pub/cvs/>
Cyclic CVS adds network transparency to CVS; it supports efficient,
reliable, and authenticated repository access via TCP/IP.
Other software that uses RCS
<ftp://ftp.nau.edu/pub/Aegis/>
Aegis manages revisions, baselines, mandatory reviews, and mandatory testing.
<ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/patches/csu/>
BCS, the Baseline Configuration System,
manages revisions, baselines, and staging areas.
<ftp://riftp.osf.org/pub/ode/>
ODE, the Open Software Foundation Development Environment,
manages revisions, builds, and sandboxes.
OSF uses it for their own development.
<ftp://bellcore.com/pub/Odin/>
Odin, a `make' replacement, can build directly from arbitrary revisions
without requiring checkouts of working copies. It also handles
parallel builds on multiple remote hosts and of multiple variants.