Manager source code centralized or decentralized

[Xmen]

Hi
What are the parameters to take into account to use one rather than another. In what context is it better to take one over another.
The tools I have sought to return are:

- Subversion
- CVS
- BitKeeper
- Git
- Mercurial
- Bazaar

If some of you use one of his tools, I would like to know the reasons which led him to use this technology (other than it was already like that when I arrived in my mailbox). The advantages and disadvantages of each.

[Glenny]

Hello
I have used CVS (well, easy to make scripts to add new things not taken into account (binary images, etc ) Right now I use the following IBM Cleartool / ClearQuest. Not bad but expensive (very), and heavy. However it is flexible. But for a team properly organized, however I would advise CVS. The other once never used.

[chroma]

Hello
I started with CVS that I found very handy and later I continued with SVN. I find it convenient to use (and as a administrator).
I use SVN and still found this one perfect and fully integrated with Eclipse. No idea about the others you mentioned. I suggest you to go with SVN.

[Raine]

Hi
I use SVN with TortoiseSVN software (windows).
No significant problem except deleted file reconstruction using pure windows.
Forced to make a dos2unix to find a good file on linux, but otherwise it fine to work on. As recommended in the above post even I suggest you to use SVN.

[Xmen]

Hi
I have used subversion for some time now, and by curiosity I looked at other types of version tools. And I fell on the management tools version decentralized. The main interest that made me interested in this. It can commit offline and resynchronize easily after all. I travel a lot and wait for a connection to the net as my various amendments limit my remarks a bit during my travels.

[Sam.D]

Hi
I evaluated bazaar personally. One thing I found interesting was then being able to put your "server" anywhere. For example, I uploaded on my account free my project (a test project), and then! I could access them from anywhere. No need for specific server, you can access it via http, ftp, ssh, nfs mount, this may be a good choice.