On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Daniel Sokolowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Was BitBucket (mercurial system which is python based) not considered? And > could someone point me to a url where I can read the discussion on this > migration; I am rather curious why it’s happening – the current system works > so I see no reason to fix it.
Well there are two somewhat related questions in play. One is moving Django's master repository to Git from SVN. This has a lot of support, as Git is significantly more powerful and many (most?) Django developers already use the Git mirror. The other debate is about switching to Github as a hosting platform. It already hosts the Git mirror, and people regularly submit pull requests, a feature made possible by Git and that is being considered as an alternative to submitting patches. Github Issues are basically unacceptable for Django's process, so they have never been seriously considered as far as I know. There is a large social benefit to leveraging github: there is a large community of developers with established presences there, and making Django accessible to that community is valuable. BitBucket does not have the same social benefits, and all the same drawbacks, so I don't think anyone would seriously advocate moving there. Best, Alex Ogier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
