<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>[RFC] Why Bazaar in 6 words or less</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1595" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV id=idOWAReplyText65184 dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" color=#000000 size=2>When Ubuntu adopted the "for humans" phrase it seemed to be</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>addressing the widespread impression that Linux is only of</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>interest to "pencil-neck geeks".</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>Correct me if I am wrong, but I doubt that the object of this</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>exercise is to come up with a way of coaxing my 82-year old</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>mother to use bzr.  Thus, the fact is that, at the moment,</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>version control really is technology of interest persons with</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>some number of geek genes.  That being the case adopting the</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>"for humans" phrase suggests a slam against other DVC projects.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>My feeling is that the virtues of bzr for a one-man effort are</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>minimal relative to say mercurial.  That is not to say that</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>they are non-existent, simply incremental and not overwhelming.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>I would emphasize empowerment and ease of adoption irrespective</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>of project </FONT><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>organization or </FONT><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>workflow.  Some suggestions:</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Your project, collaborate your way</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Your project, your workflow, anywhere</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Any project, any workflow, anywhere</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Intuitive collaboration</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Collaboration made easy</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Distributed development made easy</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Distributed development that just works</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>  That was easy!            [with a nod to Staples]</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>  Could distributed development get any easier?</DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>Try to connect with the Bazaar "merge" icon:</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Merge fearlessly</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Work remotely, merge fearlessly</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>[Which reminds me... bzr's icon might be less suggestive of a</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>classic road sign</FONT><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2> but also more meaningful to developers if the</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>merging </FONT><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>flows headed down instead of up.]</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>Or hint at a goal of world domination :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>  Every project! Every workflow! Everywhere!</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Andale Mono" size=2>/john</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>