Is bazaar-ng for newbies?

[Magnus Therning]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:28:25AM -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?
>Thanks everyone. Thanks Canonical.
>I hope help with some code soon.
>D.M.Pedroso.

My two pence:

I wouldn't say that Bazaar-NG is useful for newbies at the moment. It's
even stated on the web pages that it shouldn't be used for any important
work (besides maybe Bazaar-NG itself).

I would agree that Arch/Bazaar is somewhat difficult to pick as the
first version control system. I'd suggest to go for SVN. It's easy to
set up, the concepts are quite simple. You will probably not run into
any of its limitiations anytime soon, and by the time you do you'll have
a much easier time picking up Arch/Bazaar (or Monotone). Chances are
that Bazaar-NG is mature enough by then.

I assume you are implying that CVS is obsolete. It sure isn't! It isn't
the best system there is, but it's still the most used one in OSS. If
you are going to contribute to OSS projects chances are you need to
become familiar with it. However, you are probably better off starting
with SVN.

/M

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