Blog Buzz
=========

As people discover and use darcs, a number are expressing their
excitement in their blogs. Here's a sampling:

-  `allocPSA Source Code Workflow with Darcs <http://allocpsa.com/blog/allocPSA_Source_Code_Workflow_with_Darcs.html>`_
   (August 2008) ''"We use darcs for source code version control
   because it provides spontaneous branching and cherry-picking.
   Functionality that is usually considered to be an "add-on" for most
   DVCS', we consider to be a necessary and fundamental part of
   running a distributed development project."''

-  `A User’s Guide to Darcs 2 <http://blog.worldmaker.net/2008/aug/04/users-guide-darcs-2/>`_
   (August 2008)
   *"Darcs 2 has some major new features and more importantly some great new ways to get more performance out of darcs. However, to truly make use of these improvements there are a few changes from a darcs 1 setup that are quick to make and well worth the effort."*

-  `Using darcs with FTP and without SSH <http://www.riffraff.info/2007/6/5/using-darcs-with-ftp-and-without-ssh>`_
   (May 2007)
   *"Showing how to use darcs to keep a remote repository in sync with a local one with ftp and sitecopy"*

-  `Managing a Django project using darcs <http://e-scribe.com/news/348>`_
   (March, 2007) ''"The DVCS I've been most taken with is darcs. It's
   simple to get started with, and uses a unique patch-oriented
   approach which I find very natural... Most of what I say below
   applies to any version control system -- it's just simpler (in my
   opinion) with darcs."''

-  `Simple Darcs Tutorial <http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/darcs.html>`_
   (August, 2006) *"Taking version control to the next level."*

-  `First Steps in the Darc <http://shiny.thorne.id.au/shiny/2006/03/first-steps-in-darc.html>`_
   (March 21, 2006)
   *"I immediately saw the potential of this system."*

-  `Top Five(5) Reasons darcs Kicks Source Code Control .... <http://www.xsltblog.com/archives/2005/09/top_five5_reaso_1.html>`_
   (September 23, 2005)
   *"Reason #2 : Built in software delivery mechanism and email updates"*

-  `Why I like Darcs <http://issola.caltech.edu/~t/why-I-like-darcs.html>`_
   (September 14, 2005)

-  `What Is Source Control and what is DARCS? <http://www.jewelryluv.com/fashion/pageWithName/SourceControl/>`_
   (August 14, 2005)
   *"In our mind, after concurrent versioning, the next big thing in source control is distribution. This is the ability for team-mates to work on a "mini" source control database of their own..."*

-  `All the cool kids are using darcs <http://bc.tech.coop/blog/050710.html>`_
   (July 10, 2005)
   *"It looks like a lot of Lisp developers are moving their projects over to darcs now..."*

-  `svn is nice, darcs is better <http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/view/1028>`_
   (May 4, 2005) Thomas Zander blogged about KDE switching to
   Subversion, but darcs would have been so much nicer.
   *"Its disconnected nature is my number one feature."*

-  `installed it, using it and loving it <http://www.43things.com/entries/view/28167>`_
   *"Installation on my Mac was straightforward."*

-  `Darcs and Arch revisited <http://www.findinglisp.com/blog/2005/03/darcs-and-arch-revisited.html>`_
   (March 02, 2005) ''"Overall, I like darcs a lot. It's a simple
   system that seems to work well. When I say that darcs is simple, I
   really mean it."''

-  `Ruby Buzz: Looking at Darcs <http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=123&thread=90259>`_
   (Jan 24, 2005) (or see
   `original post <http://www.siaris.net/index.cgi/VersionControl/Darcs.rdoc>`_,
   or the movie on the
   `feedback wiki  <http://www.siaris.net/cgi-bin/siwiki.pl?FeedBack/DarcsVcs>`_)
   *"The number one feature I like is that it is damn easy to use without sacrificing power."*

-  `Darcs infected <http://www.xoltar.org/2005/jan/20/darcs-infected.html>`_
   (Jan 20, 2005)
   *"You may want to use it even though you already have another system."*

-  `Delving into darcs <http://blog.xeraph.org/archives/2004/11/28/distributed-version-control/>`_
   (Nov 28, 2004)
   *"the ease of moving patches between branches is very compelling"*

-  `Integrals and Derivates: A discussion of Subversion, Arch and Darcs <http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/software/vc/derivatives.html>`_
   *"Working in terms of changesets, or at least having the option to do so allows more powerful operation."*

-  `Forgiveness in Version Control, by Martin Pool <http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/software/vc/darcs/unrecord.html>`_
   *"darcs gets a reasonably good balance between allowing people to undo mistakes, and protecting them from accidentally losing work."*

-  `Revision Control Done Right <http://hardgrok.org/blog/?postid=8>`_
   *"darcs wipes the floor with CVS"*

-  `GNU Arch vs. darcs <http://blog.ularx.de/2004/08/02/gnu-arch-vs-darcs/>`_
   *"I got enchanted by its charming simplicity."*

-  `Using darcs for the first time <http://www.advogato.org/person/mbrubeck/diary.html?start=88>`_
   *"Darcs allows easy sharing of changes between working directories with no central server or repository, and with hardly any setup or administration."*

-  `I like Haskell! <http://www.germane-software.com/~ser/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2004/Jan/09#903570>`_
   It's mostly about Haskell, but states
   *"darcs is a very nice distributed version control system that is easy to use (for CVS users) and has some nice features."*

-  `Darcs, a New Way of Source Management <http://shadowconflict.blogspot.com/2004/11/darcs-new-way-of-source-management.html>`_
   *"Darcs is a decentralized source control manager (SCM) that is similar to GNU Arch, but without the complex command line syntax."*

-  `Moving to Darcs Side <http://www.findinglisp.com/blog/2005/01/moving-to-darcs-side.html>`_
   ''"Arch is way more complicated than it needs to be" ... "Darcs
   doesn't have too much support for signing of patches."''

-  `Darcs and Arch revisited <http://www.findinglisp.com/blog/2005/03/darcs-and-arch-revisited.html>`_
   *"One nice thing about darcs is that branches are trivial to create."*

-  `I'm Switching to Darcs <http://changelog.complete.org/node/277>`_
   ''"Enter darcs. I've been keeping an eye on it for awhile, and it
   looks like it's become quite stable, useful, and fast recently."''

-  `I've Switched to Darcs <http://changelog.complete.org/node/278>`_
   ''"I've converted 24 public projects from Subversion or Arch to
   Darcs, preserving full history. . . It all went very smoothly."''

-  `http://gintasm.blogspot.com/2005/06/europython-2005-report.html <http://gintasm.blogspot.com/2005/06/europython-2005-report.html>`_
   *"I use darcs for managing my code, and it has been great so far, much more pleasant to use that Arch and much more powerful than Subversion which I use at work."*

-  `http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs\_msg/71647 <http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/71647>`_
   Keeping your life in darcs, pros and cons


Darcs troubles
--------------


-  `darcs: a study in communication failure <https://lopsa.org/node/1656>`_
   (August 2008) ''The darcs revision control system has all but lost
   out to git within the past few months. A rather large part of the
   reason is a rushed and very poorly worded release announcement,
   following a rather long (I'm told 4 years; I haven't been aware of
   it that long, which itself is perhaps ominous) post-1.0 silence
   from the darcs developers''

-  `Reexamining Darcs & Mercurial <http://changelog.complete.org/posts/588-Re-Examining-Darcs-Mercurial.html>`_
   (March 6, 2007)
   *I continue to believe that it is the most distributed of the distributed VCSs, which is a Good Thing. However, I have lately started having trouble with Darcs hanging while working on my Debian packages.*


Related Pages
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