Ok, My take on VCS/SCM and fossil+venti you can copy the repository to a working copy with - dircp. you can tag a release with - dircp
(don't forget, copying a directory set is very nearly free in terms of disk space). adding a log message is "cat >> ChangeLog" the only bit missing is the ability to freeze (seal) a tagged version. You need the ability for users in a special "dumpers" group to be ablc to take archival snapshots on demand. merge can be done using diff3 from ed7 (in my contrib), though this is a bit clunky. a real graphical merge tool would be great (exercise for the reader ☺) -Steve
