On 11/02/10 22:17, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Tim, > > >> I'd be interested to hear of any list members' version control >> software experiences. [snip] > I'm very happy with Bazaar. The command line interface is nice and > clean; well-thought out. It's flexible as a DVCS in working in > different ways. The source is Python, which has a reputation for being > easy to read, so dipping in isn't hard. Decent documentation. > Canonical have invested a lot in it; it's heavily used in Launchpad and > during Ubuntu preparation, so it's not going to fade rapidly in the > future. And the user community is friendly. There's steady development > and performance is good for my uses and improving; Canonical's own > needs ensure that. > > [snip]
+1 for Bazaar, although I've not used much else to compare it to. I used Perforce for a long time at work, then moved to bazaar when I changed jobs. I like the community and the well designed UI. Drawbacks for me are few - no concept of sub-projects (e.g libraries) that can be linked to a main project, and no Visual Studio plugin (yes, yuck, I know). For a few thoughts on why to use it, try http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/BzrWhy For a thought on why not, try http://whybzrisbetterthanx.github.com/ -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tue 2010-03-02 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
