Michael Krelin wrote: > Reading comparisons is one thing and using is the other. But the thing > is, gentoo ends up with central repository, anyway. Provided the > repository is less ancient than CVS (which is basically subversion), > distributed users can branch it without having to have commit access. > This hybrid model makes much more sense to me than forcing everyone to > use DSCM. I have exercised the approach on overlay before I was granted > commit access and now continue to work the same way pushing my branches > back to svn. I think this possibility totally invalidates the very idea > of DSCM importance. > This makes a lot of sense. Since there are people who offer facilities, perhaps a good answer is "Please set up a mirror of our anoncvs as this will enable quicker disaster recovery." That would give redundancy for 98% of the material, as noted, and is easily done.
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