The problem

Decades of history, thousands of modifications
The master CVS repository for GCC covers only the past five years; there have been fifteen thousand changes in that time. The project goes back to 1986.
No easy way to find the changes you care about
The graph at the right is the best way to display history that ClearCase has. Does it confuse you?
Poor collective memories
The source repository may be the only record that exists of a change. Even the person who made the change might not remember their reasons--if you can find them.

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