Is bazaar-ng for newbies?

[David Clymer]

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:28 -0700, Dorival Pedroso wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have never used CVS-like programs. I always used to control the version of my
> programs "by-hand". Now I need help from some CVS-like programs. After
> researching (google) I read about CVS, Subversion, Arch, Bazaar and Bazaar-NG.
> I became convinced that Bazaar-NG is proeminent, thus I installed it and did
> the tutorial, WOW! that's good (easy). However I couldn't discover how to work
> back (withdraw) on a previous version. I know that Bazaar-NG is a baby-project,
> but I prefer to start with it and wait/contribute for future releases than
> learning CVS/SVN or Arch/Bazaar because they seem difficult (I tried arch and
> quit on the same day) and obsolete(?). Therefore, I make a question: Is
> bazaar-ng for newbies?

It's good for newbies from my POV. Using bazaar-ng has been my first
real foray into the world of version control (I've fiddled with CVS and
SVN before, but never really used them), and I've found it easy to work
with so far. I figure it's easiest to jump in and start using a program
with just basic features, so that I can grow along with it. Also, the
fact that it is written in python makes it much more likely that I'll
want to peruse the source code and actually understand a bit of how it
works.

-davidc