On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:49:36 +1100 Erik de Castro Lopo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alan L Tyree wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Looking for some advice. I have used RCS version control for writing > > LaTeX documents for some time, but am looking at the advantages of > > using a distributed version control system. > > > > Are there any serious advantages of one over the other? I have > > played around a little bit with Bazaar, but would like to make sure > > before I commit (oh!) to one system or another. > > I have used GNU Arch, Bzr, CVS, Darcs, Git, Hg, Perforce, SVN and > probably some others. > > I find them all a PITA, but of all the ones I've tried, Bzr is > the least painful :-). > > BTW, I would have thought this was appropriate content for the main > SLUG list. Probably right. I'll copy to that. I'm mainly concerned with writing partly on my main machine, partly on several laptops. Some Distributed version control seemed like it might be a good answer. In what way did you find them a PITA? Thanks for the comments. > > Erik > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Erik de Castro Lopo > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Never argue with stupid people. They'll just drag you down to > their level and beat you with experience > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
