[Adium-devl] VCS + SVN 1.5

[Peter Hosey]

On Dec 25, 2007, at 18:15:56, Augie Fackler wrote:
> If you want branching + merging _now_, you'll need to migrate to  
> something else. I have to admit I'm a bit more taken with Mercurial  
> than Monotone (it's been *tons* faster for me), but it really  
> doesn't matter much what we end up using. Monotone might make more  
> sense because then we've got one VCS across us and Pidgin. Since  
> mtn supports pushing (it *does*, right?) it'll be fine for us.

Richard Laager of Pidgin said that they'd be open to switching  
something else if we find something better, so we should be open to  
things that aren't Monotone.

Speaking for myself, Monotone is my *least* favorite DVCS, based on  
my very brief runs-in with it.

As I've made very public on my blag, Darcs is my favorite. I love the  
freedom it gives me—for example, committing (recording) is  
interactive, so you can have multiple changes in the same file and  
only commit the ones you want to.

Also, I've read that they've fixed Conflict Misery for 2.0, so we may  
want to look at the 2.0 betas. On the other hand, Darcs is the most  
different of the DVCSs; it's even a bit more different from  
Subversion than Monotone is. (Which is not to say that it's hard to  
figure out—if anything, it's easier than something that's similar  
but not the same, since you'll have fewer unpleasant surprises  
through fewer pre-existing expectations.)

The *least* different is Bazaar, which has exactly the same UI as  
Subversion except where necessary. However, I don't know what else it  
has going for it, aside from being a 1.0 and being backed by the  
Ubuntu people.

So, I suggest either Darcs or Bazaar.

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