[Lvlug] Re: [ABE.pm] Programming Project, maybe in Ruby

Randy Kramer rhkramer at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 16:42:23 CST 2004


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:11:38 -0500, Ricardo SIGNES
<rjbs-lvlug at lists.manxome.org> wrote:
> arch is a GNU project, so it's Free:
>         http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch/

Ok, thanks for the correction!

> Linux uses BitKeeper, or did last I checked. BitKeeper is not Free (as
> in free software) but at some point (possibly still) had gratis
> licensing for smaller projects.
> 
> Subversion does everything CVS does, but most of it is a little better.
> Some of it is quite a bit better.  Local repostitories, webdav
> integration, the ability to reorganize files (you can't move files in a
> CVS rep without losing history) and atomic revision numbering.

So (reading between the lines), you'd recommend Subversion over BitKeeper?

regards,
Randy Kramer

> I don't know much about arch.


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