Replication 1996
Improving the development experience
- progress hindered by separate vote and build
- patch conflicts lead to delay, bickering
Concurrent Versioning System (CVS)
- distributed the build task, avoiding costly merges
- free-for-all during period between big releases
- review-and-commit during beta testing
Secure Shell (ssh)
- eases remote actions
- improves site security (just in time)