[python-committers] Survey about DVCSs compared to svn

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Thu Feb 26 14:27:38 CET 2009


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On Feb 26, 2009, at 6:03 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Looking at the PEP 374, the DVCSes don't appear to make life easier  
> for
> common repo tasks (they each require more or less the same number of
> commands), so the argument for using a DVCS is more about giving non- 
> core
> developers access to a version control system they can use to track  
> their
> patches. However, this appears to be already solved using the bzr  
> mirror.

For core devs, I do think things like revision blocking and cherry  
picking would be easier with the branches in a native DVCS.

Barry

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