OpenCVS
Encyclopedia
OpenCVS is a BSD-licensed implementation of the popular Unix
version control software called Concurrent Versions System
. OpenCVS is developed as a part of the OpenBSD
project by Jean-Francois Brousseau, Xavier Santolaria, Niall O'Higgins and others.
OpenCVS aims to be as compatible as possible with the GNU CVS implementation without compromising security
or source code
correctness, and to provide better access control
. , the project website claims that "OpenCVS is to be released soon" and the project shows CVS activity as recent as September, 2011. The project is still actively being developed.
has started to develop a free and secure version of RCS
also.
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
version control software called Concurrent Versions System
Concurrent Versions System
The Concurrent Versions System , also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, is a client-server free software revision control system in the field of software development. Version control system software keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files, and allows several developers ...
. OpenCVS is developed as a part of the OpenBSD
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995...
project by Jean-Francois Brousseau, Xavier Santolaria, Niall O'Higgins and others.
OpenCVS aims to be as compatible as possible with the GNU CVS implementation without compromising security
Exploit (computer security)
An exploit is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic...
or source code
Source code
In computer science, source code is text written using the format and syntax of the programming language that it is being written in. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers, who specify the actions to be performed by a computer mostly by writing source...
correctness, and to provide better access control
Access control
Access control refers to exerting control over who can interact with a resource. Often but not always, this involves an authority, who does the controlling. The resource can be a given building, group of buildings, or computer-based information system...
. , the project website claims that "OpenCVS is to be released soon" and the project shows CVS activity as recent as September, 2011. The project is still actively being developed.
OpenRCS
Because of the development of OpenCVS the developers saw the need for OpenRCS also and OpenBSDOpenBSD
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995...
has started to develop a free and secure version of RCS
Revision Control System
The Revision Control System is a software implementation of revision control that automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example programs, documentation, procedural graphics, papers, and form...
also.