[Python-Dev] Mercurial?

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On 05/04/2009 12:27, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> There's also the issue of how we adapt the current workflow of "svnmerging"
> between branches when we want to back- or forward-port stuff. In particular,
> tracking of already done or blocked backports.

Right. The canonical way to do that with Mercurial is to commit patches 
against the "oldest" branch where they should be applied, so that every 
stable branch is a strict subset of every less stable branch.

 From what I've understood, this doesn't fit the way the Python-dev 
community/process works very well. In that case, there are a number of 
alternatives. For example, hg's export/import commands can be used to 
explicitly deal with diffs that contain hg metadata, the transplant 
extension can be used to automate that, or in some cases, the rebase 
extension might be more appropriate. We can put extended examples from 
the PEP in the wiki to help people discovering the best workflow.

Cheers,

Dirkjan