Re: [Caml-list] [OSR] Ports-like package management system

["Hezekiah M. Carty" <hcarty@atmos.umd.edu>]

On Jan 29, 2008 5:56 AM, Berke Durak <berke.durak@exalead.com> wrote:
> We thus need versions, and lots of them!  We need to base our
> developer packages on a version control system, in the style of BSD
> ports.  BSD ports are usually based on CVS, sometimes on Subversion.
> As we are looking to increase collaboration, having a single point of
> contention is a serious limitations of these centralized systems;
> we'll prefer more recent "distributed" version control system.
>
> Of available distributed VCSs with a serious user base, we have Darcs,
> Mercurial and Git.

What about using Subversion for the main/central repository?  I
realize that it is not distributed itself, but Git, SVK and bzr all
allow for "distributed" connectivity to Subversion repositories.
There may be similar tools/plugins available for Mercurial but I have
not used them.  Subversion has the cross-platform issue covered, with
many CLI and GUI tools available.  It is fairly standard at this
point, which should help to lower the entry barrier for any new
developers.

I have personally found SVK and git-svn to work very well with
Subversion repositories.  This allows for each individual developer to
use the tool(s) they prefer, while still connecting to a central,
canonical repository.

Hez