Hi, I hate to do this but... again... please move this discussion to a more appropriate mailing list like d-d-l or gnome-infrastructure.
Thanks, --lucasr 2007/9/11, Sanford Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 9/8/07, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <quote who="Sanford Armstrong"> > > > > > I simply meant that less people are familiar with D-SCM tools and that > > > they are somewhat harder for a newbie to learn than C-SCM tools. > > > > This is an unfortunate cultural relic created by arch/tla, and hilariously > > promulgated by git. Sure, fewer people are familiar with them, but the good > > ones are not harder to learn. > > I'm not really talking about the UI of the D-SCM tool, but about some > fundamentals of the distributed model. Getting code and pushing code > seems to always require an additonal step. Users have to learn about > branching and merging up front, whereas in SVN this would come later > in their education. If I were a newbie developer I would find this > confusing. As I've stated, I don't have much experience with D-SCM, > but these are the instructions to get started hacking on one project > using bzr... > > $ bzr init-repo --trees some-project > $ cd some-project > $ bzr checkout http://url/to/some-project > $ bzr branch mainline working > $ cd working > $ ./configure > $ make > > ...compared to the same steps using svn... > > $ svn co http://url/to/some-project/trunk some-project > $ cd some-project > $ ./configure > $ make > > There's just a higher cognitive investment for a newbie getting > started with D-SCM. As bzr/git/etc become more common in the FLOSS > communities, this won't be as much of an issue, though. And the > advantages of the distributed model have been well covered here. :-) > > Sandy > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
