Re: Subversion and Bzr and Git

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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:04:24AM -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Robin Rowe wrote:
>> >
>>>   Subversion - about four hours.  Lost more hair.
>>>   Git        - about fourty seconds.
>>>   Mercurial  - about two seconds.
>>
>> Interesting. However, I'm not installing any of them. Subversion is 
>> already installed at SF, Bzr at Launchpad. Jonas is taking care of 
>> installing Git. Robert says Bzr will sync with Subversion magically. 
>> Jonas indicates likewise for Git.
>
>Client software is also required.  You might want to check out the 
>quality of the client software for Microsoft Windows.  Less popular 
>Unix variants may not have client binaries ready to go, which may slow 
>down the testing process.

I fail to see how *multiple* VCSes, only *some* of which has clients on 
non-POSIX architectures, can slow down testing.


Sounds awsome to me if you are offering to host a Mercurial mirror in 
addition to the upcoming Subversion, Bazaar and Git. But awful (and 
slowing down at least my work) if it was to be the only option.


  - Jonas

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