[e-lang] Revision control for E

[Marc Stiegler]

If Monotone uses certificates in any fashion remotely similar to the 
traditional way certificates are used to make life difficult, let us 
please reject it immediately.

--marcs

Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> If you are considering revision control systems for E, I would point you
> at two in particular: Monotone and Mercurial.
> 
> Both of these systems are decentralised, and each is considerably more
> capable than either CVS (which nobody should use today) or Subversion.
> 
> Monotone has many of the same interesting properties as E with regard to
> rethinking how distributed work should be done.  It has a novel concept
> of branch management, and uses keys and certificates extensively to
> manage workflow.
> 
> Mercurial combines simplicity of concept and UI with very high
> performance.  It's also easier to host and poke through firewalls than
> Monotone (which requires a dedicated server to speak its netsync
> protocol on a port that firewalls block), and has seen quite a bit of
> uptake recently, with projects like Xen and OpenSolaris choosing it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	<b
>