Gee Tony, are you going to make me defend my fanboy-ness? Ok, here goes.
From wikipedia:
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In software engineering, software configuration management (SCM) is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software. Configuration management practices include revision control and the establishment of baselines.
which is where Fossil really shines in my opinion.
Fossil is not just a distributed revision control system. It includes a wiki, ticket tracker and embedded documentation, all in a single repository, managed from a single executable. Not bloated, but just the right amount of project management in the source control system.
This is not feature creep in my humble. Dr. Hipp seems to work towards providing simple tools that allow flexible ways of creating sophisticated software. BUT there are caveats to that. Don't try and run Google as a fossil, it won't scale. Just as SQLite itself has limitations and is not the end-all-be-all database. It IS, when appropriate, a good-for-this-job database. Fossil is (for the projects I'm working on) a great-for-this-job SCM. When our development team hits 100 coders, I'll probably suggest a different tool. For now it's a sweet spot. BUT on the BUT... who here creates websites that attract thousands of hits a day? Or have to manage more than a few dozen busy programmers? And yes, I know to whom I am speaking...don't try and recode compsci.ca as a fossil, it'd be FAIL on the scale of EPIC
For normal day to day living, I'll still suggest that most compsci.ca readers give it a try. Think github in a box you can carry home.
Cheers