Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Darcs vs Bazaar, the Slant community recommends Darcs for most people. In the question“What are the best version control systems?” Darcs is ranked 4th while Bazaar is ranked 7th.
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Pros
Pro Patches instead of snapshots
Pro Automatic dependency management
Pro Simplicity
It is quick to learn, you don't need to memorize lot of commands to do your job.
Pro Tracking empty folders
With Bazaar you can track empty folders without the need to put .keep files in them.
Pro Full support for renaming
Renaming of a file is fully supported, not a hack like removing a file and adding back under another name...
Cons
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Con Slow developement
Bazaar tends to have a slow update cycle with Canonical. Version 2.6 was released in August 2013 and branch 2.7 was not finished until Feb. 2016.