why is merc better than fossil? (please, not a flame starter)

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am 09.02.2015 um 20:11 schrieb Harry Putnam:

> I've been using merc for a year or so, and like it fine.
>
> Somewhere I read fossil is better for a small repo... so decided to
> experment with it.  Seems good too. 
>
> Before asking for guidance let me briefly explain my situation.
>
> single usr host where this is happening
> my HOST (Running Debian (jessie)) is on a smallish home lan
> No commercial projects at all
> No files that are terrribly valuable...
> There are quite a few, though, that I would like to keep track of.
>
> Very small potatoes but, since I run a variety of hosts (many are vms
> I experiment with).  Means I have a fair number of system files and a
> bunch of homeboy script to keep up with.
>
> I'd like to hear a litte about the differences and worth of each from
> some of the `old hands' here.

What I like most in Fossil is its integrated, distributed bug tracker.
Peter Miller's Aegis and Fossil are the only free (D)VCS' (I know of)
which support this. So you can save the hassle of setting up an
additional tool for bug tracking AND integrating it with your VCS. The
same is true for the integrated wiki. If you need one but don't want to
setup an additional one, go with Fossil.

If you need none of those things take Mercurial or Git.

Not sure about integration with other tools, like Jenkins for example.
If you need this, you may or may not be lost with Fossil.

HTH...

    Dirk
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