December 02, 2021

HPR3479: Linux Inlaws S01E49: Version Control Systems and why bother

58 minutes

In this episode our two heroes contemplate the ins and outs of version

control systems (VCS) and how to maintain sanity using them. Particular focus

is on the newer generation of such as git which enabled large-scale community

projects such as the Linux kernel, programming languages like Rust and Python

and other shenanigans. Including a crash course on version control systems

- you may credits at your local third-level education facility for listening

to this episode. Just tell them the Inlaws sent you :-). Plus Martin reveals

his favourite Pay TV channel and his gun-buying habits being a minor. Don't

miss this episode if you're a minor and want to buy a gun in certain countries

(details as part of the episode! :-).

Links:

V-Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Model

Mercurial: https://www.mercurial-scm.org

Concurrent Version Control System (CVS): https://cvs.nongnu.org

Minix: https://www.minix3.org

Bazaar: https://bazaar.canonical.com/en

Subversion (SVN): https://subversion.apache.org

Git: https://git-scm.com

Bitkeeper: https://www.bitkeeper.org

IBM 390: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP9000.html

gitea: https://gitea.io

Special K: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_K

Special K (song): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_K_(song)

Special K (former country, the Wikipedia page is slightly outdated): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Imperium: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4781612/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

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By Linux Inlaws