we have recently moved openbravo's code repo from svn and hg .... i should say learning curve is relatively easy compared to svn to git ;-)
- sree On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Ramakrishna Reddy <ramkr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Source :: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/102706 > > > > From: Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> > > Subject: And the winner is... > > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.python.devel > > Date: 2009-03-30 14:58:38 GMT (16 hours and 8 minutes ago) > > > > Dear Python developers, > > > > The decision is made! I've selected a DVCS to use for Python. We're > > switching to Mercurial (Hg). > > > > The implementation and schedule is still up in the air -- I am hoping > > that we can switch before the summer. > > > > It's hard to explain my reasons for choosing -- like most language > > decisions (especially the difficult ones) it's mostly a matter of gut > > feelings. One thing I know is that it's better to decide now than to > > spend another year discussing the pros and cons. All that could be > > said has been said, pretty much, and my mind is made up. > > > > To me, the advantages of using *some* DVCS are obvious. At PyCon, > > Brett already announced that Git was no longer being considered -- > > while it has obviously many fans, it also provokes strong antipathies. > > So it was between Hg and Bzr (both of which happen to be implemented > > in Python FWIW). Based on a completely unscientific poll (basically > > whatever feedback I received in my personal inbox or on Twitter), Hg > > has a strong following among Python developers and few detractors, > > while few (except Canonical employees) seem to like Bzr. In addition, > > most timing experiments point towards Hg being faster than Bzr for > > most operations, and Hg is (again, subjectively) easier to learn for > > SVN users than Bzr. > > +1 for anything other than svn. I wonder if there were some real > reasons for choosing hg over git, except perhaps to be different > from the kernel folks ? > > > > > > > -- > > --Guido van Rossum (home page: > > http://www.python.org/~guido/<http://www.python.org/%7Eguido/> > ) > > > > > > -- > > Ramakrishna Reddy GPG > > Key ID:31FF0090 > > Fingerprint = 18D7 3FC1 784B B57F C08F 32B9 4496 B2A1 31FF 0090 > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > -Anand > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- http://picasaweb.google.com/gnuyoga All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered !
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