[Fwd: [Python-Dev] And the winner is...]

Laurens Holst laurens.nospam at grauw.nl
Tue Mar 31 10:38:46 CDT 2009


A more extensive description of the decision process:

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0374/

~Laurens

Jean-François Piéronne schreef:
> FYI
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> Onderwerp:
> [Python-Dev] And the winner is...
> Van:
> Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
> Datum:
> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:58:38 -0500
> Aan:
> Python-Dev <python-dev at python.org>
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> Aan:
> Python-Dev <python-dev at python.org>
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> 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.
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