Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by jonknee » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 6:27 PM UTC

Python now uses Mercurial
hg.python.org

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by js2 » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 7:28 PM UTC

I was confused why this was news since the decision was made two years ago:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-March/08793...

But I see from http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0385/ that it's taken that long to migrate away from svn.

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by geekam » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 7:49 PM UTC

But why are they using Mercurial and not Git? I want to what are the advantaged for them to choose Hg.

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by koenigdavidmj » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 7:57 PM UTC

geekam wrote: post #3

But why are they using Mercurial and not Git? I want to what are the advantaged for them to choose Hg.

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0374/#why-mercurial-over-...

Basically, they wanted a tool that was equally usable on all platforms, which excluded Git on Windows.

They also wanted something written in Python, of course, although they would have sacrificed that in the interest of pragmatism.

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by cageface » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 7:58 PM UTC

geekam wrote: post #3

But why are they using Mercurial and not Git? I want to what are the advantaged for them to choose Hg.

If nothing else it's because Mercurial itself is written in Python.

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by xi » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

geekam wrote: post #3

But why are they using Mercurial and not Git? I want to what are the advantaged for them to choose Hg.

See http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0374/ for the rationale; but keep in mind it's more than two years old so some of the criticisms may not longer apply.

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by alok-g » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 8:18 PM UTC

Interesting to note that bzr got close to mercurial in the votes in spite of this being bzr version 1. Version 2 is much improved in speeds (comparable to git/hg).

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by jarin » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 8:23 PM UTC

It's interesting that each major web language seems to have paired off with a different VCS:

- Python + Hg

- Ruby + Git

- PHP + ...SVN?

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by strmpnk » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 8:32 PM UTC

jarin wrote: post #8

It's interesting that each major web language seems to have paired off with a different VCS: - Python + Hg - Ruby + Git - PHP + ...SVN?

The C Ruby implementation is actually on subversion with an official git mirror. Granted, most Ruby projects are hosted using git repositories these days.

Re: Python now uses Mercurial

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Post by burgerbrain » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 8:42 PM UTC

jarin wrote: post #8

It's interesting that each major web language seems to have paired off with a different VCS: - Python + Hg - Ruby + Git - PHP + ...SVN?

PHP + ...SVN?

Gotta say, they deserve each other.