Re: [Groff] UTP - should we use version control?

[Jon Snader]

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 07:17:22PM +0100, Heinz-J?rgen Oertel wrote:
> I got the last version of appa.t.gz from Larry's site and it seems that I 
> have 
> a 'newer' (or better?) one on my PC. This remembers me that I wanted suggest 
> using at lest a simple version control mechanism for the files. I use RCS on 
> my PC and the files with a slightly modified Header:
> 
> 
> .ig
>         appa.t
>         Typed by: Heinz-J?rgen Oertel
>         Marked up by: Heinz-J?rgen Oertel
>         Proofed on: 22 Oct 2002 by Andreas K?h?ri <address@hidden>
> 
>         $Id: appa.t,v 1.3 2002/11/02 20:10:29 oe Exp $
>         $Log: appa.t,v $
>         Revision 1.3  2002/11/02 20:10:29  oe
>         used .page macro and \(lq, \(rq
> 
>         Revision 1.2  2002/11/02 19:53:07  oe
>         1. proof reading by Andreas K?h?ri
> 
> ..
> 
> Each maintainer can look back on what was changed last times.
> I suggest using this simple method for all of us. Tkdiff is a very powerful 
> tool to see changes to previuos versions.
> 

It's probably too late in the process for this to make much difference
in the original project, but I think it's definitely a great idea for
the update.  There's nothing to say, of course, that Larry (or someone
who has access to a server) couldn't set up a CVS server for the current
book, and then use that as a jumping off place for the update.

Maybe even SourceForge could be used for this.  What does everyone else
think?

Jon Snader