[python-committers] Survey about DVCSs compared to svn

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Feb 25, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Mark Hammond wrote:

>> There's an option missing in that survey:
>>
>> [ ] I see a need to switch to a DVCS at all.
>
> To be fair, the survey isn't asking about a switch, just how they  
> compare
> against svn.
>
> But I must admin that seems a little strange; while I just answered  
> that I
> believe hg and bzr are better than svn (I abstained re git), that  
> *doesn't*
> necessarily imply I would vote that they should replace svn for  
> Python - I
> might, but I might not - that is a much harder question than the one
> presented.

Note that not switching from svn on the backend, but still allowing  
access with bzr, hg, and git is also an option.  And there are two  
subcategories of that: we provide mirrors of svn branches in the  
native format, and we do nothing, allowing the dvcs's use their svn- 
bridges to access the branches.  Although I think in either case we  
could provide hosting support for core committers.

Barry

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