[gobolinux-users] Call for volunteers: would you like to be a recipe committer?

[Jeremy Visser]

demian florentin wrote:
> Why not use git? it is by  far the best SCM at the moment, i've used svn
> for years, just within a few weeks of using git I started doing things
> that I didn't dare to do with subversion.
> 
> I'm already using a git repository to control my recipes, one of the
> biggest advantages is that git is decentralized, allowing anyone to have
> their own repository (locally) and then sharing it with the ones you'd
> like to share. Merging is so easy that you can have specific branch for 
> a set of recipes to install programs that require special configuration,
> but that configuration is not interesting to most users.
> 
> I only see advantages in using git over any other SCM, it really speeds
> development process.

Might I also use this opportunity to plug Bazaar (bzr).
<http://bazaar-vcs.org/>

It shares all the advantages of git that you mentioned above, has great
tools available, and is _really_ easy to pick up. I mean, even I can use
it. :-P

Bazaar is the SCM used on Launchpad <http://launchpad.net/> and Ubuntu,
and GoboLinux could even use Launchpad's free bzr hosting.