[Python-Dev] I would like an svn account

[Antoine Pitrou]

Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:
> > As for Mercurial, I have been told their repository layout has not
> > changed since their first release and updates have been more about bug
> > fixes and speed improvements.
> 
> Speed improvements we can ignore; for bug fixes, it would be good to
> know how much one can go back without hitting a serious bug (e.g. one
> that might break the repository).

History of the release notes can be read here:
http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WhatsNew

>From a quick look (and assuming everything is here), there hasn't been any
repository corruption bug since 0.9.5, although a couple of crashes are
mentioned.

Regards

Antoine.