1. Elliott Wolin U. Of Indiana Dec-2002
Bitkeeper for Hall D
Elliott Wolin
U. Of Indiana
Dec-2002
CVS
Bitkeeper

2. Why Bitkeeper Need distributed code management
Need modern code management
Bitkeeper is free for open source (i.e. us)
Used by Linux developers (e.g. Linus T.)
Does everything CVS does, and much more
Has active design group
Glowing recommendations from ex-CVS users
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3. Widespread in open source
Bitkeeper vs CVS
Bitkeeper
CVS
Age
New
Pretty old
Usage
Rapidly expanding
Widespread in open source
Devel
Active
Not much activity
Support
Excellent ?

4. Bitkeeper vs CVS Bitkeeper CVS Design Excellent, modern
Old, out of date
Features
Full
Adequate
Distributed
Yes, powerful
Yes, kludgy
Model
Multiple repository
Single repository
History
Fine grained
Coarse

5. Bitkeeper vs CVS Bitkeeper CVS Staged integration Yes No Change sets
Local check out/in
Cost
Free
Guis
Few, very good
Way too many,
some ok

6. Bitkeeper vs CVS Bitkeeper CVS Win32 Yes No Command line Logical
Arcane
Online help
Excellent ?
Manuals
? (Online)
Poor
Web Log
Maybe

7. Web Sites http://www.bitkeeper.com Linux use: http://linux.bkbits.net
Hosted projects:
Coda logbook project:

8. Conclusions Time to start thinking about code mgmt
Bitkeeper is best alternative
Free, easy to install and use
Supported on all Unix, Linux, and Win32
Check out
Download, try out on small project
CVS
Bitkeeper