Right, but python is also an interpreted language, so you need to have the python runtime installed. With other revision control systems I can ( in theory ) distribute a standalone, static linked binary without having to deal with any deps.
On 26 November 2012 10:10, pancake <panc...@youterm.com> wrote: > On 11/26/12 15:41, Kurt H Maier wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:25:18AM +0100, Christoph Lohmann wrote: >> >>> I am proposing a migration of all mercurial to git repositories. Git is >>> mature and used by nearly all major OSS projects. Mercurial has this >>> slow prototyping dependency of Python, which is annoying and could be >>> removed that way. Of course git is still(?) adding a perl dependency. I >>> hope this can be removed from git. >>> >> Why not just remove python from mercurial instead? "Lots of nerds use >> it" is not a compelling argument, unless you are trying to convince us >> to buy Macs next. >> > everytime i proposed in mercurialchan to rewrite it in C, everybody > thought i was trolling or so.. i would also love to have hg in c, > but the reactions were pretty rude, so i decided to move to git. > > and python is not a dependency for mercurial. It is written in it. > > > Dpb on IRC showed me [0], which seems to do a near to perfect import of >>> the old hg history. Anyone had bad experiences with this? >>> >> It works fine, but you still haven't made sufficient case for switching. >> >> For the web interface on git.suckless.org I am proposing cgit, which is >>> fast and written in C. >>> >> Also works well. Does not justify a switch. >> >> How are your thoughts, comrades? >>> >> Why bother? >> >> > >
