On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:29:32 +1100 Sonia Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Robert Collins <[email protected]> [2009-03-19 12:02:41 > +1100]: > > > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 11:46 +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > > Is there any reason why you want to use a *distributed* VCS? For > > > personal stuff it's probably overkill, and using a centralised > > > VCS will make your life easier. In which case use Subversion. I've been away for a couple of days, so have missed most of this interesting conversation. I work on two different machines (sometimes three), but none of them are "always on". I don't have any machine that is a natural choice for a central repository. The DVCS seemed like it took care of my problem. Any other copy solution seems to be prone to an accidental overwrite when I'm tired or in a hurry. In the past I've use a simple RCS solution for the version control, and rsync with a Makefile for keeping the two machines in lockstep. Pretty good, really, but still possible to stuff it up when not thinking. That means too often. I sometimes have to do collaborative writing with Windows users. Would that tip the scales in favour of bzr (assuming that I can even get those people to consider getting away from Word)? <SNIP> > > PS You might want to lookup what "tonto" means [1] before you go > around calling people it. It was a term of disrespect for Amerindians > on the US/Mexican border in the 1800's. At least be grammatically > correct, and call me "tonta" :-p > [1] http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/tonto For anyone born in the US during the last century, as I was, Tonto is the Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion. When we were kids, it was worth fighting to be Tonto rather than the paleface. It's probably no longer politically correct, but for different reasons than those mentioned. Cheers, Alan > -- 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
