[e-lang] Source control for E?
James Graves
ansible at xnet.com
Fri May 12 10:56:51 EDT 2006
David Hopwood wrote:
> That may be, but my objection to using non-open-source source control
> systems is not based on the past or current policies or behaviour of the
> vendor. It is based on the principle that the history of development
> of an open-source project must be stored in a form that is *guaranteed*
> to continue to be accessible, regardless of what happens to the vendor
> company or its software.
>
> (Conversion to a different SCS doesn't necessarily preserve all history
> information, even if it could be guaranteed to be possible.)
Given the number and variety of FLOSS version control projects out
there, it seems highly likely to me that we can find one that meets
everyone's needs.
+1 for free / libre / open source software.
And while I'm at it:
+1 darcs (it seems cool from what I've read, but I haven't used it yet)
James Graves
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