Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.

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From: A. Pagaltzis
Subject: Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.
Date: 11:27 on 23 Dec 2006

* Yossi Kreinin <yossi.kreinin@xxxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-12-23 11:10]:
> >They use an older version of Perforce which they've made
> >custom changes to in order to support their Lovecraftian
> >process
> 
> A Lovecraftian process is an exceedingly appropriate name for
> the CMMI family of processes, in particular. I think I'll
> borrow it.

Sure thing.

> How did they change Perforce - does it come with source code,
> or did they wrap it with layers of toxic software the way
> BitKeeper wraps SCCS?

No, they patched it. They have (had?) a special contract with
Perforce Software that includes access to the source code.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>;

There's stuff above here

Yossi Kreinin 10:07 on 23 Dec 2006
- A. Pagaltzis 11:27 on 23 Dec 2006

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