Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: monotone man page

[Thomas Keller]

Am 30.06.2010 14:53, schrieb Stephen Leake:
> Thomas Keller <address@hidden> writes:
>> c) I'm still missing a well-written description - nobody has provided
>> any so far
> 
> By "description" you mean the first paragraph of the man page? Just say
> "world's best distributed configuration management system"; nothing else
> is needed :).
> 
> Seriously, mtn is too complex to describe in one paragraph; better to
> say "mtn is a distributed configuration management system", and then
> refer to the texinfo manual.

What mtn basically is - "a distributed version control system" - is
already printed earlier. I'm not heading for a complex description, more
for some advertisement. git f.e. says:

"Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and
full access to internals."

and gives pointers to other informational resources. What about this:

"monotone is a highly reliable, very customizable distributed version
control system that provides lightweight branches, history-sensitive
merging and a flexible trust setup. monotone has an easy-to-learn
command set and comes with a rich interface for scripting purposes."

Too many buzzwords? I'm open for suggestions!

Thomas.

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