On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:41:03 -0000 (GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > This Thursday (April 12) I'm presenting an overview of dscm in general > > and Mercurial in particular. If you've been happy with svn and you've > > been wondering what the fuss is over this new-fangled distributed stuff, > > you might find this interesting. > > > > Mercurial is part of the 2nd generation of dscm systems; it's 99% > > Python, but is on par with git (written in C) for speed. It's used by > > OpenSolaris and Xen, as well as many smaller projects. > > I'm hoping I'll be able to attend, but I'm not sure yet, so here's a > couple of things I'm wondering about. > > I'm evaluating our CVS replacement, and had just about decided on > git/cogito assuming the Windows version isn't too bad (we have > developers on Win and Lin). Mostly we need better branching/merging.
That is a big assumption: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Portability > How's the windows version of Hg? The command line hg client works fine. (I'll be using windows for my presentation.) None of the free dscms have a really good windows gui though. > Will you discuss any of the following points: > > http://www.jukie.net/~bart/blog/git-vs-hg > http://changelog.complete.org/posts/528-Whose-Distributed-VCS-Is-The-Most-Distributed.html I'll give a high-level overview of dscm history and the current landscape, but I won't get into the nuts and bolts of tool A vs tool B. So the first of those is outside of my scope. The second is closer to the level I'll be covering. > I've used git/cogito a little but I still think > in CVS, so even though git appears to have more > features, I'm having a hard time deciding how important > that really is (if it's really true). My opinion is that if you're not working on the Linux kernel, you won't use most of the git-specific features, and the relative (lack of) uptake of git outside of kernel developers reflects that. -Jonathan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
