[OT] DVCS

[Gour]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:02:06 +0300
>>>>>> "Vladimir" == <vladimir at thecybershadow.net> wrote:

Vladimir> Could someone please explain to me why is a VCS other than
Vladimir> the three big ones (SVN, Git and HG) is worth using for an
Vladimir> open-source project such as this?

Maybe it's personal preference...I still find darcs' cherry-picking
and it's UI incomparable to the rest.

Otoh, I consider that e.g. Monotone is much better designed than Git
so will use it for my own project(s).

Vladimir> If I'd consider contributing to an open-source project using
Vladimir> a VCS I'm unfamiliar with, it's quite likely that I'd get
Vladimir> turned off by the hurdle of downloading, installing and
Vladimir> learning to use the respective VCS.

I think that any capable developer can quickly grasp any of the
'standard' (bzr,hg,git,mtn) DVCS-es (darcs is a little bit different
considering it's patch-oriented) and can do:

dvcs init; dvcs pull; dvcs commit; dvcs push; 

easily.

Vladimir> I'm sorry, but to me that sounds like a biased personal
Vladimir> opinion stated as if it was an objective fact :( I seriously
Vladimir> doubt that any project would get more "support" if it used an
Vladimir> obscure (albeit possibly better in some ways) DVCS, unless
Vladimir> the intended audience for the project's contributors is
Vladimir> Maybe Bazaar etc. is more popular with EMACS users/hackers?

Emacs is stored in Bazaar repo.

Vladimir> Also, I think that it's pretty hard to beat the workflow that
Vladimir> GitHub facilitates for open-source projects (with one-click
Vladimir> forking and pull requests).

Can you explain more about this 'hard to beat workflow' which is not
supported by other DVCS-es mentioned above?


Sincerely,
Gour

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