I write and (sometimes) port software. Now that I came back to Gentoo, I decided to try my luck in ebuilds, starting with one of my libraries. For that, I published my first overlay. It seems to wo...
Technically true, but has that ever been a problem you actually had? I strongly believe that most people won’t ever need most features offered by many contemporary VCSs.
Yes. I used CVS when it was the best option. If I recall, CVS made it easy to check out a different version of only one fail, making it easy to put a system in an inconsistent state.
For modern VCS that’s pleasant to learn and use but won’t scale to the Linux kernel, I recommend Darcs.
A single binary, interactive commands and online help.
I didn’t feel like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut (or using a VCS optimised for millions of users rather than four files).
CVS does not even support atomic commits across four files.
Technically true, but has that ever been a problem you actually had? I strongly believe that most people won’t ever need most features offered by many contemporary VCSs.
Yes. I used CVS when it was the best option. If I recall, CVS made it easy to check out a different version of only one fail, making it easy to put a system in an inconsistent state.
For modern VCS that’s pleasant to learn and use but won’t scale to the Linux kernel, I recommend Darcs.
A single binary, interactive commands and online help.
Darcs would not solve the problem in question, Portage does not support it either.