atom feed16 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-archCurious about SCM choice
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Milo HysonJun 27, 2008 3:05 am 
Doug BartonJun 27, 2008 5:55 am 
John BaldwinJun 27, 2008 6:15 am 
Milo HysonJun 27, 2008 7:12 am 
Dag-Erling SmørgravJun 27, 2008 3:46 pm 
Gordon TetlowJun 27, 2008 6:03 pm 
Milo HysonJun 28, 2008 1:26 am 
Henrik Brix AndersenJun 28, 2008 7:53 am 
Henrik Brix AndersenJun 28, 2008 7:53 am 
Robert WatsonJun 28, 2008 8:05 am 
Dag-Erling SmørgravJun 28, 2008 4:11 pm 
Richard ColemanJun 29, 2008 3:55 am 
M. Warner LoshJun 29, 2008 5:53 am 
Adrian ChaddJun 29, 2008 7:46 am 
Gordon TetlowJun 30, 2008 4:49 am 
Dag-Erling SmørgravJun 30, 2008 7:42 am 
Subject:Curious about SCM choice
From:Milo Hyson (mi@cyberlifelabs.com)
Date:Jun 28, 2008 1:26:37 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-arch

On Jun 27, 2008, at 10:37, Gordon Tetlow wrote:

Do you want a centralized or distributed model for your development model? CVS, SVN, and Perforce are all centralized repositories (Perforce even moreso that the others). Hg, git, and bzr are all decentralized and distributed models.

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Moving to SVN makes a lot of sense for the FreeBSD project ... works well with our existing development model (one central repository that everyone talks to).

Can not the "decentralized" systems like Mercurial and GIT be used in a centralized fashion? Our internal experiments certainly show them to be every bit as capable as Subversion in this regard. Has your experience been different?

-- Milo Hyson Chief Scientist CyberLife Labs