On 11/11/2007, at 11:00 PM, textmate-request@lists.macromates.com wrote:
Granted svn can be a pain to set up, but is Mercurial generally accepted by the Open Source community? Right now, if someone wants to pass around a new Textmate bundle or Rails plugin, they point to an svn repo and the deal is done. I haven't looked into Mercurial too carefully, but if it's better and can be accessed by svn users transparently (riiiigggt :) then it could be a godsend.
Any thoughts on that?
Heh,
There are a bunch of different version control systems out there vying to the be the distributed version control system of choice. I like DARCS and Monotone myself - there is more theory behind their handling of the distribution/merging. Having said that, Mercurial has a lot of momentum behind it at the moment - it is known as being fast and easy to use.
The point above is correct though, if you want to make something available to the unwashed masses, svn is the way to go. You have to ask yourself if it is worth your time to set up svn, or if you're happier using one of the other systems and telling the unwashed masses they'll have to use it if they want your latest source...
Be well,
Will :-}