Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:53:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:52:23 -0500 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:18692 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:51:13 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 01:05:46 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Roman Zippel , Zack Brown , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BitBucket: GPL-ed KitBeeper clone Message-ID: <20030313000545.GE5958@zaurus.ucw.cz> References:

Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1018 Lines: 31 Hi! > > A separate repository doesn't have this problem > > You're wrong. > > The problem is _distribution_. In other words, two people rename the same > file. Or two people rename two _different_ files to the same name. Or two > people create two different files with the same name. What happens when > you merge? > > None of these are issues for broken systems like CVS or SVN, since they Actually this does not have much to do with central repository. prcs has central repository, too, but it has branches (=multiple repositories in bk); so yes you have the very same problem. prcs does not have problems like trust and non-synchronized time, through. Pavel -- Pavel Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/