Re: [RFC] Choosing a distributed version control system for PHP (or not). Call for Participation.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > A previous poster claimed that a DVCS would lead to confusion as to what the > canonical repository was.  That is, in my experience, a common fear of > someone who has not used a DVCS in production. Disclaimer: I haven't committed to PHP in years, but since my last commit, I have worked with a lot of DVCS systems. The whole *point* of DVCS (IMNSHO) is that the concept of "canonical repository" is part of the *problem*, not part of the *solution*. Here's a pretty good talk by some random guy (1:10:15 worth) on the topic about juggling lots of code sources, and canonical "authorities", and conflicting trees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 (Apologies if this has already been posted upthread)