Re: version control system

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Would anyone be averse to switching gnulib development from CVS to git?
>> I switched coreutils a month ago and am very happy with the result.
>
> Do you have a comparison of git with mercurial, monotone, bzr?

There are *lots* of git vs. mercurial comments on the
fedora-maintainers thread I referred you to.

Here's a well-written piece from someone else who's switched to git:

  http://keithp.com/blog/Repository_Formats_Matter.html

As for monotone and bzr, here's a dated (~6mo-1yr-old) comparison
of decentralized VCS:

  http://zooko.com/revision_control_quick_ref.html

I searched a little, e.g.,
  http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22distributed+version+control%22+comparison
but didn't find anything compelling.
Even a survey that's just 6 months old is seriously out of date.
That was evident in the fedora-maintainers discussion.

> What kind of support does savannah offer? The most interesting support
> features IMO would be:
>   - automatic daily backup,

Not relevant.
With git or hg, anyone who pulls gets the entire repository.
If you want backups, just arrange to pull regularly, and save
each copy on your favorite backup medium.

>   - web interface similar to viewcvs.

Maybe you didn't see this savannah (sv) link?

  http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=summary