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this is pretty significant; so far the only git presence of Python was a "semi-official readonly mirror" on github: https://github.com/python/cpython https://gi
by anarcat 11y ago
this is pretty significant; so far the only git presence of Python was a "semi-official readonly mirror" on github: https://github.com/python/cpython https://github.com/python/cpython
now does this mean that Python will completely switch away from Mercurial? this was one of the major projects still using hg
what does this mean for mercurial's global adoption vs git?
also, i don't understand why the free software aspect of gitlab wasn't an important argument in the decision... that seems like a key element of the difference between the two platforms.
- yawaramin 11y agoWell, Facebook is probably the single largest corporate user of Hg in terms of repo size and investment into the tool. In terms of influencing global adoption, they probably pull more weight in the community than Python did.
- jordigh 11y agoThis is true, since most of the hg devs are affiliated to Facebook, including lead dev mpm.
- pbreit 11y agoThat's what I'm wondering, too. Mercurial (which I prefer) seems to still have pretty decent usage in the Python world. And Bitbucket still pretty Mercurial.
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- jordigh 11y agoYes. It means Python is no longer using Mercurial. We knew this was a done deal a several weeks ago. Mozilla, Octave, and Hedgewars are a few remaining projects that still use hg. For them, I will continue to improve, promote, and use Mercurial. Their reasoning for using Github have nothing to do with the technical merits of git or hg or with the freedom of the software or platform. They want more contributions and they figure using the popular platform is the way to obtain them.
- scanner_darkly 11y agoSDL also uses mercurial I think.