[Python-Dev] Move selected documentation repos to PSF BitBucket account?

[Nick Coghlan]

On 23 November 2014 at 15:19, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> This thread seems to beg for a decision. I think Donald Stufft has it
> exactly right: we should move to GitHub, because it is the easiest to use
> and most contributors already know it (or are eager to learn thee).
> Honestly, the time for core devs (or some other elite corps of dedicated
> volunteers) to sysadmin their own machines (virtual or not) is over. We've
> never been particularly good at this, and I don't see us getting better or
> more efficient.

The learning curve on git is still awful - it offers no compelling
advantages over hg, and GitHub doesn't offer any huge benefits over
BitBucket for Sphinx based documentation (ReadTheDocs works just as
well with either service).

> Moving the CPython code and docs is not a priority, but everything else
> (PEPs, HOWTOs etc.) can be moved easily and I am in favor of moving to
> GitHub. For PEPs I've noticed that for most PEPs these days (unless the
> primary author is a core dev) the author sets up a git repo first anyway,
> and the friction of moving between such repos and the "official" repo is a
> pain.

Note that if folks prefer Git, BitBucket supports both. I would object
strongly to unilaterally forcing existing contributors to switch from
Mercurial to git.

Cheers,
Nick.

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