./devel/mercurial, Fast, lightweight source control management system

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Branch: pkgsrc-2008Q1, Version: 0.9.5, Package name: mercurial-0.9.5, Maintainer: wiz

Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system
designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.

Fast
* Extremely high-performance delta-compressed storage scheme
* Optimized for disk layout and access efficiency
* Complete cross-indexing of files and changesets
* Bandwidth and CPU efficient HTTP and SSH sync protocols

Scalable
* Distributed development model supports unlimited numbers
of developers
* Allows arbitrary merging between developer branches
* Doesn't significantly degrade with large numbers of files
or changesets
* No waiting for locks!

Robust
* SHA1 integrity checking on repository data
* Append-only storage model with transaction journalling
* Fast full-repository verification
* Convenient backup

Easy to use
* Most commands are familiar to users of CVS and other systems
* Built-in command help
* Integrated stand-alone web interface
* Works with various GUI tools

Easy to adopt
* Runs on UNIX, MacOS X, and Windows
* Conversion tools available for many popular SCMs
* Allows a variety of usage models
* Supports user-defined hooks and extensions

Free
* Source code available under the GPL license
* Actively community supported and developed


Required to run:
[lang/python24]

Required to build:
[devel/gmake] [textproc/xmlto] [textproc/asciidoc]

Master sites:

SHA1: 889a83f4cdcead93323d7cf4276751cc20396455
RMD160: ea38d3142a4b1087e2777de3b70df8b4672cd237
Filesize: 655.086 KB

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