[RFC] Why DVCS Matters

Erik Bågfors zindar at gmail.com
Thu Oct 11 12:30:13 BST 2007


Ian

Trying to open the pdf linked from this page doesn't work on my mac.
After looking in the file, I realized it's a postscript file, and not
a pdf.  Renaming to .ps and it opens just fine.

Cheers,
Erik

On 10/11/07, Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy at internode.on.net> wrote:
> I'm giving a paper later this year on why DVCS technology matters.
> Elliot Murphy and Martin Pool have kindly reviewed earlier drafts but it
> probably needs another round of changes before I'm ready to call it
> 'final'. The latest draft is online here:
> http://ianclatworthy.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/why-distributed-version-control-matters/.
>
> I'm still yet to address one of Martin's bits of feedback, namely that
> "branch tracking scales better than patch tracking" isn't well
> explained. Does anyone have a good reference covering that topic to save
> me the effort? :-)
>
> I'm also thinking that the topic of migration (e.g. bzr-svn, tailor,
> etc.) isn't covered at all and probably needs to be, at least briefly.
> The paper is up to 7 papers and a maximum of 5 pages was recommended so
> I've currently left that out. Part of my thinking re dropping it is that
> migration technology is very much a moving target and best practice
> arguably depends a lot on source and target tools. Is it acceptable to
> leave migration issues out altogether? If not, what points are important
> to make?
>
> If I'm missing references to important articles on the technology,
> please also let me know. As best I know of, this is one of the few
> papers that attempts to address the "why should I care when I'm happy
> using central VCS" question as comprehensively as this. Given that, I'm
> doubly keen to ensure it's actually factual, clear and useful to others.
>
> Ian C.
>
>



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