Comments on: Version control discussion on the Python list http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2005/08/15/version-control-discussion-on-the-python-list/ Random stuff Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Anonymous http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2005/08/15/version-control-discussion-on-the-python-list/#comment-25 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2005/08/15/version-control-discussion-on-the-python-list/#comment-25 Been on the Ubuntu site some mins ago and been readin' about Bazaar. I wonder why Bazar if we have fine things like SVN. What's wrong with SVN? Because it's not written in Python? Been on the Ubuntu site some mins ago and been readin’ about Bazaar. I wonder why Bazar if we have fine things like SVN. What’s wrong with SVN? Because it’s not written in Python?

]]> By: James Henstridge http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2005/08/15/version-control-discussion-on-the-python-list/#comment-26 James Henstridge Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/jamesh/2005/08/15/version-control-discussion-on-the-python-list/#comment-26 Bazaar supports distributed development, while Subversion does not.<p/>If you want to create a branch of a subversion repository, you need write access to the repository. With a distributed system, I can branch off from someone else's codebase without requiring their permission and be able to make use of the same features as the main developers.<p/>If you've ever worked on a patch for some software managed in CVS or Subversion where you have no write access, then you'll know what I mean -- you have no way to make incremental commits, add new files, do a partial rollback, etc. Bazaar supports distributed development, while Subversion does not.

If you want to create a branch of a subversion repository, you need write access to the repository. With a distributed system, I can branch off from someone else’s codebase without requiring their permission and be able to make use of the same features as the main developers.

If you’ve ever worked on a patch for some software managed in CVS or Subversion where you have no write access, then you’ll know what I mean — you have no way to make incremental commits, add new files, do a partial rollback, etc.

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