Python is moving to Mercurial
2009 March 30
According to latest email from Guido van Rossum in Python developer mailing list, Python will be adopting Distributed Revision Control System (DVCS) based on Mercurial (Hg). Rossum suggests
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.
One Response
leave one →
Python is moving to Mercurial: According to latest email from Guido van Rossum in Python developer mailing list,.. http://tinyurl.com/cx4ra9