Re: [boost] [git] Mercurial?

Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Mercurial?
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-21 20:44:54

On 21 March 2012 23:11, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> All I have been asking for is some good technical arguments by which using a
> DVCS is easier, more flexible, superior than using a centralized SCCS. What
> I keep getting back, unfortunately, is a philosophy, or a personal
> preference, or a try-it-you'll-like-it answer. I will be looking forward to
> understanding the techncial arguments from Beman's talk.

It really isn't that easy to explain, with lots of aspects (not just
distributed vs. centralized). These might help:

http://www.ericsink.com/vcbe/html/dvcs_advantages.html
http://www.ericsink.com/vcbe/html/dvcs_weaknesses.html

Should be noted that they are chapters are from a book which is partly
promoting another(!) new DVCS, so the author is perhaps a little
biased, but they look pretty fair to me.