----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Johnny Stenback <j...@mozilla.com> > wrote: > > Option 2 is where this discussion started (in the Tuesday meeting a > > few > > weeks ago, > > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/2013-05-07#Should_we_switch_from_hg_to_git.3F). > > Since then I've had a number of conversations and have been > > convinced > > that a wholesale change is the less attractive option. The cost of > > a > > wholesale change will be *huge* on the infrastructure end, to a > > point > > where we need to question whether the benefits are worth the cost. > > I > > have also spoken with other large engineering orgs about git > > performance > > limitations, one of which is doing the opposite switch, going from > > git > > to hg. While I don't see us hitting those limitations any time > > soon, I > > also don't think the risk of hitting those limitations is one we > > want to > > take in a wholesale change at this point. > > Are these (cost of infra changes, possible git perf limitations) the > primary reasons for discarding the move to git as the primary VCS at > this point?
Yes, however, as jst outlined, we're talking about making Hg and Git both first class. We can pursue a move of our infrastructure onto Git over time (if we think that makes sense). Lawrence > > Cheers, > > Dirkjan > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
