From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,a326ac15995ef20e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.scarlet.biz!news.scarlet.biz.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:12:35 -0500 From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Debian build scripts on a public Monotone server References: <871wpzd7js.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <1159237283.159600.285860@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:13:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87venb9pmy.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8DNFUvjZllVYIzURzE8IbqoCLxM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.235.207.139 X-Trace: sv3-FLj3tBZYFDr67p9UuB3Apum1Ej47N4Urk5h77Y4Nja2JzW+/jLlXZhu4ceOgrf8KB0Oq6yG0BaGDuY0!qJk0wVccYTY1LFi9DjYwGPEpDR4LHfMSieTm4ruYvceT/b6I1Mkm0t7QCrAf6DQ+f3lKsyd9bjU= X-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.be X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.biz X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6740 Date: 2006-09-26T07:13:25+02:00 List-Id: Steve Whalen writes: > Thanks for the access to the Debian scripts AND the information on > Monotone. :) > Just looking at Monotone's web site and how organized it is (along with > your recommendation), is going to make me quit thinking of Subversion > as the "successor" to CVS. Cool! > A quick glance at Monotone's change control history looks like they try > to ensure that existing projects can move forward through their > improvements. Do you consider Monotone as "safe" for production > environments, even though they're not at "release 1.0" yet? Would you > recommend them as an alternative to CVS for new projects needing a > version control system, but wanting to be comfortable that they'll not > regret entrusting their project to Monotone? Yes, definitely. They've had zero data-loss bugs in their entire history, despite changing the database schema a couple of times, and the netsync protocol another couple of times. So, yes. > Comparing Monotone to Ada to me is high praise. If I understood you > correctly, you seem to be saying that even though Monotone is only at > version 0.30, Monotone's "standards" and professionalism make their > v0.30 "better" than a lesser tools' 1.0+ version... Is that true? Yes, it is true. Their emphasis on correctness is simply astounding. It's the attitude, man :) > Bringing us back to Ada: Is Monotone relatively Ada friendly? Does it > handle Ada "projects" and source code naturally? Yes; it handles renames and complex directory structures well, even across merges. It also handles file attributes (e.g. executable), and there is even a monotone.el for us Emacs fans. -- Ludovic Brenta.