GNU RCS - News
posted by ttn, Fri 05 Apr 2013 04:18:22 AM UTC - 0 replies
GNU RCS (Revision Control System) 5.8.2 is available. RCS is a set of programs to manage multiple revisions of files. RCS can store, retrieve, log, identify, and merge revisions. It is useful for files that are revised frequently, e.g., programs, documentation, graphics, and papers.
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posted by ttn, Thu 07 Jun 2012 05:16:28 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU RCS (Revision Control System) 5.8.1 is available. RCS is a set of programs to manage multiple revisions of files. RCS can store, retrieve, log, identify, and merge revisions. It is useful for files that are revised frequently, e.g., programs, documentation, graphics, and papers.
The full announcement was posted to the info-gnu mailing list:
posted by ttn, Mon 31 Oct 2011 10:22:29 AM UTC - 0 replies
The next release of GNU RCS will install a dispatch program. This message is to air some thoughts on it with hopes that feedback can inform further progress. The dispatch program is called from the shell; its role is to invoke the other commands.
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posted by ttn, Tue 30 Aug 2011 01:23:28 PM UTC - 0 replies
RCS 5.8 is available
GNU RCS (Revision Control System) 5.8 is available. RCS is a set of programs to manage multiple revisions of files. RCS can store, retrieve, log, identify, and merge revisions. It is useful for files that are revised frequently, e.g., programs, documentation, graphics, and papers. You can download it from:
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posted by ttn, Mon 08 Aug 2011 11:17:25 AM UTC - 0 replies
The ninth pretest release of GNU RCS (Revision Control System) is available at: <http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/rcs/>.
NEWS summary since 5.7.97:
- dist fix: include GFDL in tarball
- work around a Solaris compiler problem
- make ISR (sigstack setup) more portable (MirBSD) ...
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posted by ttn, Sat 22 Jan 2011 08:57:00 PM UTC - 0 replies
The eighth pretest release of GNU RCS (Revision Control System) is available at: <http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/rcs/>.
NEWS summary since 5.7.96:
- small bugfixes for rlog output of "midline" (no trailing LF) strings
- (regression introduced 2010-05-24) log messages ...
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posted by ttn, Mon 10 Jan 2011 05:35:37 PM UTC - 0 replies
The seventh pretest release of GNU RCS (Revision Control System)
is available at:
NEWS summary since 5.7.95:
- new "upward-compatible escape" field in RCS file grammar
- portability fixes
- new configure arg vars ...
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posted by ttn, Thu 02 Dec 2010 08:41:16 AM UTC - 0 replies
The sixth pretest release of GNU RCS (Revision Control System)
is available at:
NEWS summary since 5.7.94:
- make MSG optional in "ci -mMSG", "rcs -mREV:MSG"
- bugfixes
- don't corrupt RCS file for "rcs -m" ...
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posted by ttn, Mon 08 Nov 2010 01:48:06 PM UTC - 0 replies
RCS 5.7.94 (pretest for 5.8) available
The fifth pretest release of GNU RCS (Revision Control System)
is available at:
NEWS summary since 5.7.93:
- "make check" (testing) revamped; see tests/README ...
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posted by ttn, Mon 27 Sep 2010 01:17:42 PM UTC - 0 replies
The fourth pretest release of GNU RCS (Revision Control System)
is available at:
NEWS since 5.7.92:
- portability tweaks for dietlibc
- bugfixes for x86-64
- latest autoconf, gnulib, etc.
If there are no problems, we plan to release 5.8 in a week or so.
Thanks go to everyone who has tried the pretest releases.
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