<s>
ViewVC	B-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
ViewCVS	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
tool	O
for	O
viewing	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
CVS	B-Application
and	O
SVN	B-Application
repositories	O
using	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
looking	O
at	O
specific	O
revisions	O
of	O
files	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
side-by-side	O
diffs	B-Application
of	O
different	O
revisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
the	O
view	O
parameters	O
can	O
be	O
modified	O
directly	O
in	O
a	O
URL	O
using	O
a	O
REST	B-Protocol
style	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViewVC	B-Protocol
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
application	O
,	O
an	O
older	O
web-based	O
CVS	B-Application
repository	O
viewer	O
written	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
ViewCVS	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
port	O
of	O
this	O
application	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
to	O
add	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
existing	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
and	O
is	O
currently	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
infrastructure	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
repository	O
browser	B-Application
used	O
by	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
enhancements	O
made	O
was	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
browse	O
Subversion	B-Application
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
eventual	O
maturity	O
of	O
this	O
support	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
ViewCVS	B-Protocol
"	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
appropriate	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
combined	O
with	O
SourceForge	B-Application
's	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
Subversion	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
being	O
renamed	O
"	O
ViewVC	B-Protocol
"	O
and	O
moving	O
to	O
tigris.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
people	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
ViewVC	B-Protocol
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ViewVC	B-Protocol
consists	O
of	O
two	O
main	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
is	O
the	O
repository	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Application
enscript	I-Application
-	O
allows	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
of	O
ViewVC	B-Protocol
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Application
-	O
for	O
the	O
commit	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
