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Date:      Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:26:54 -0700
From:      Milo Hyson <milo@cyberlifelabs.com>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Curious about SCM choice
Message-ID:  <1E7FB809-CFBE-4ED6-9F32-97C90359BBF9@cyberlifelabs.com>
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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.

...

> 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




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