Re: Version control

Erik de Castro Lopo <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.slug.chat
Organization Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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.

Erik
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