LWN: Comments on "Bazaar-NG: a distributed version control system"

no thanks

larryr — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:23:42 +0000

What are some technical advantages of git/cogito over bzr, other than performance optimations for some specific use cases?

Larry

no thanks

airman — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:43:45 +0000

Well, too late, guys !

Now I had a taste of git/cogito, I'll certainly not get back to something else. Not for my toy projects, and certainly not for my company's sources...

Bazaar-NG: a distributed version control system

daniel — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:21:22 +0000

Beware any project that lists two implementation details and a license as its three foremost features.

I will a fourth detail then: the project lead is the same Martin Pool who is responsible for distcc.

Regards, Daniel

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shahms — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:53:36 +0000

In related news, Robert Collins (Bazaar not NG lead) recently introduced "bzr style inventory" into his development branch of bazaar. The gradual merging of baz and bzr continues :-)

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jamesh — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:57:48 +0000

Listing the license isn't that bad an idea given the recent BitKeeper fiasco. It tells you that (a) anyone can use it, and (b) it won't stop working all of a sudden some time down the road. Secondly, the website doesn't say anything about the ordering of the "vital facts".

Of course, you should do more than look at a feature list when picking a source code management system ...

Bazaar-NG: a distributed version control system

jwb — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:56:36 +0000

Beware any project that lists two implementation details and a license as its three foremost features.

Bazaar-NG: a distributed version control system

johill — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:26:17 +0000

> Bazaar-Ng is a fork of the Bazaar project, as explained in the project FAQ.
> Bazaar is a re-implementation of the GNU Arch protocol.

Not really. Bazaar is a fork of tla (GNU arch), Bazaar-NG is a new system that was influenced by bazaar/arch and lots of others.

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mbcook — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:16:07 +0000

I have been using Bazaar-NG since I saw it mentioned in a Slashdot discussion a while ago (back
when the whole git/bitkeeper thing hit the fan). I'm only using it for a little project I'm developing
(software to run my website), but I have to say that the tool is very nice even through it is quite
young. I had looked at version controll in the past, but never actually used it. CVS seemed so
complicated plus I was always seeing things about how bad it was. I got as far as setting up a server
but never used it. I looked at GNU Arch, but turned that down (I was on Windows then and it didn't
support Windows, I don't know if it does now). I also didn't like the whole weird---file++
+names~~~ stuff.

But I've been using bzr and it is simple, and easy to use. Seems to work quite well. Some of the
more advanced features aren't there yet, but for my personal development stuff that no one else
ever needs to merge into, it works fantastically.

Beats my old system (full tree copies in folders organsized as root/year/month/day/*).