[PATCH] commit: use the term SCM instead of RCS
Adrian Buehlmann
adrian at cadifra.com
Tue Jan 18 11:05:06 CST 2011
On 2011-01-18 16:52, Martin Geisler wrote:
> Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> writes:
>
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com>
>> # Date 1295356587 -3600
>> # Node ID d6b67f5317a25a847b5748fac795e25fc8425d71
>> # Parent 57d433f632b7f76dea25cd38d0a8f4028d4dd1b8
>> commit: use the term SCM instead of RCS
>
> I actually prefer the term 'VCS' since software configuration management
> (SCM) is such a broad term that covers more than just version control,
> at least in my opinion/understanding.
>
> I agree that 'RCS' is unfortunate since there is a concrete application
> with that name.
>
VCS would be an improvement over RCS. Feel free to push VCS.
But Mercurial calls itself an SCM (hg version, the top of hg.1.html).
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