Re: Version control

Daniel Pittman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.slug.chat
Organization I know I put it down here, somewhere.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Erik de Castro Lopo <[email protected]> writes:
> Daniel Pittman wrote:
>
>> You seem to consider arch and git to be bad choices.  What do you
>> suggest people use, then, and why?
>
> As I see it:
>
> Arch was the first DVCS I heard about and used. It did have a horrible
> UI. Some of the people who  worked on Arch went on to work on Bzr
> with the express intention of providing DVCS features without the
> horrible Arch UI. The primary goal of the Bzr people was usability.
>
> The people who developed Git came from Bitkeeper (something I have
> never used). Their primary goals were technical ones, in particular
> speed. The UI started out horrible and has become less horrible
> over time.

Yeah, I pretty much agree with you.  I was curious about what "invisible
ink" had to say on the topic more than you, since you justified your
position fairly effectively and offered positive advice also. :)

Regards,
        Daniel
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