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The problem

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• ``Linus doesn't scale'' -- March 1998, linux-kernel list

  • Merges are overwhelming

  • Patches sometimes get lost

• Source management would help

  • Let someone else do the merge and have Linus bless it

• Linus hates existing source management systems

  • Because they have problems

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Slide 3 of 30

4 Mar 1999

lm@bitmover.com