Is arch still written in shell?!? Note that it also can't handle spaces in filenames, so if you ever want to do that, don't bother with arch. There's also the issue that it keeps changing its name (because of conflicts with other open source arches).
Other than that, yes, it is an open source revision control system that is distributed like bitkeeper (but free, unlike bitkeeper). There's some debate, however, over whether a central repository vs. multiple distributed repositories is the way to go. I would maintain that for almost anything an individual user would want to do, a central repository is much more appropriate. And, if that's the case, then I'd suggest looking at subversion. (See http://subversion.tigris.org/) It works quite well and fixes all of the little niggling problems with CVS.
Cheers, Tanner
The spaces in the filenames is soon to be fixed. TLA as it's now called is implemented in C. There are some other serious flaws though, but nothing that can't be fixed. I agree with you that it's probably overkill for anything I'd work on, but I like the concept of development branches and a stable main trunk.
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