> > I've been reading some SCM comparisons and there are three systems which I > think are the best > candidates for moving to: git, mercurial and darcs. These are the three > fastest and most capable > SCMs. Git is still the fastest but mercurial and darcs are not far behind. > Darcs has the best > merging capabilities probably due to its being based on a solid mathematical > foundation; patch algebra. >
Reading comparisons is one thing and using is the other. But the thing is, gentoo ends up with central repository, anyway. Provided the repository is less ancient than CVS (which is basically subversion), distributed users can branch it without having to have commit access. This hybrid model makes much more sense to me than forcing everyone to use DSCM. I have exercised the approach on overlay before I was granted commit access and now continue to work the same way pushing my branches back to svn. I think this possibility totally invalidates the very idea of DSCM importance. Love, H -- [email protected] mailing list
