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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, James R. Leu wrote:

> If there is going to be a conversation about which RCS to use I
> would like to suggest Arch.
>
> Here is a subjective comparision on SubVersion CVS and Arch:
>
> http://arch.fifthvision.net/bin/view/Main/SubVersionAndCvsComparison
>
> I use Arch exclusivly at my day job and have yet to find a branching/merging
> problem it couldn't handle.

How does arch work with respect to distributed trees? Eg, is it like
the bitkeeper model where you can pull and push changes between
distributed trees?

Indeed, bitkeeper is another option. Its free for use for free
projects.

> I can expose my Arch archive if people would like to browse it and
> compare.

Sure.

> My $0.02 (US)

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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:56:31 +0100 (IST)
Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie> wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, James R. Leu wrote:
>
> > If there is going to be a conversation about which RCS to use I
> > would like to suggest Arch.
> >
> > Here is a subjective comparision on SubVersion CVS and Arch:
> >
> > http://arch.fifthvision.net/bin/view/Main/SubVersionAndCvsComparison
> >
> > I use Arch exclusivly at my day job and have yet to find a
> > branching/merging problem it couldn't handle.
>
> How does arch work with respect to distributed trees? Eg, is it like
> the bitkeeper model where you can pull and push changes between
> distributed trees?
>
> Indeed, bitkeeper is another option. Its free for use for free
> projects.

_Please_ don't. Rather use a GPL product alive and ask the maintainers to
implement what you need and think is missing ...

Regards,
Stephan

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:

> _Please_ don't.

I'd prefer to use an open SCCS, yes.

> Rather use a GPL product alive and ask the maintainers to implement
> what you need and think is missing ...

If either arch or SVN is good enough, we'll go with it.

> Regards,
> Stephan

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