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> Darcs is not "another", it is "the first distributed" version control system that gained some traction in open source projects. Wasn't BitKeeper in use by th
by decode 14y ago
> Darcs is not "another", it is "the first distributed" version control system that gained some traction in open source projects.
Wasn't BitKeeper in use by the Linux kernel for several years before Darcs came out?
- loup-vaillant 14y ago> "that gained some traction in open source projects." Therefore, proprietary tools don't count.
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- smacktoward 14y agoIt was, but not for "several years." Linus started using BitKeeper on the kernel in 2002 (source: http://lwn.net/Articles/130746/ http://lwn.net/Articles/130746/). The first release of Darcs was in March 2003 (source: http://darcs.net/NEWS http://darcs.net/NEWS).