Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-02 17:36:24

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> At Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:41:45 -0600,
> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>
>> If you want more criticism of Git.. You might want to read through the
>> docs for Fossil
>> <http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.wiki>. Ostensibly
>> a better VCS, IMO ;-)
>
> This isn't about choosing the best VCS.  It's about choosing the best
> VCS with the most momentum, that will continue to be maintained, and
> that has a design most appropriate to Boost's future.

Exactly. This isn't about VCS in general. The context is Boost.

I probably shouldn't have even mentioned Fossil since it isn't a
serious contender AFAIK.

What about Mercurial and Bazaar? It would be good to hear about
personal experiences with these systems.

--Beman