Re: Distributed Development Environments

[Mark D. Baushke]

address@hidden writes:

> Thanks everyone for all the useful information. I've been doing some
> research on my side and I'd like to ask you if you know and have used
> a tool called BitKeeper (http://www.bitkeeper.com)? It looks like it
> can take care of the replication part. Has anyone had any experience
> with it?

The BitKeeper license apparently does not allow me to use it for free
under Section 3:

        (d)  Notwithstanding any other terms in this License, this
             License is not available to You if  You  and/or  your
             employer  develop,  produce,  sell,  and/or  resell a
             product which contains substantially similar capabil-
             ities  of  the BitKeeper Software, or, in the reason-
             able opinion of BitMover, competes with the BitKeeper
             Software.

so I do not have any personal experience with this particular program.

See:

  http://www.taniwha.org/bitkeeper.html

  http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2107

for what other folks have written about it.

There are ways to use cvs in a distributed environment, but they many
not meet all of your needs. If cvs is not the right tool, there are many
out there that are available. 

Note: it does seem kind of odd to ask a the address@hidden mailing
list (a list run by the GNU organization that promotes Free Software)
for information on a closed source product...

        Enjoy!
        -- Mark