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"Backwards Compatibility The maintainer (and original author) of Mercurial, Matt Mackall, is a strong proponent of backwards compatibility, which is important

by jcoder 15y ago

"Backwards Compatibility The maintainer (and original author) of Mercurial, Matt Mackall, is a strong proponent of backwards compatibility, which is important when you’re choosing a version control system that you plan to rely on for a long time." Well, that's air-tight. You sold me.

outworlder 15y ago
And since when GIT ever broke backwards compatibility? almost never. Details below: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1314668/git-repository-backwards-compatibility http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1314668/git-repository-ba...
- aninteger 15y ago
  I'm pretty sure jcoder was being sarcastic :).
  - jcoder 15y ago
    Yeah, just drawing attention to the "rigorous discussion" (hand waving).
tsewlliw 15y ago
Fwiw, fossil is engineered from the ground up to have an enduring disk representation if that's the top of your list.