[OLPC-devel] OLPC development project organization. Status calls? Other techniques?

[Jim Gettys]

On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 12:22 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:

> Why Mercurial? What is _so_ much better about it vs. git that it makes
> it worth having two version control systems in operation instead of only
> one? What's the killer feature?
> 
> Unless there is such a reason, it would be better for us to stick to a
> _single_ version control system across the board.
> 
> Pandering to users' personal preferences for a version control system is
> what leads to the 'random assortment' that you correctly say we should
> be avoiding. Let's nip that tendency in the bud right at the start,
> rather than doubling our selecting of version control systems from one
> (git) to two (git+hg). 
> 
> Preferences like that are largely just a case of what the user is used
> to, anyway -- so they're fairly volatile. Version control systems are
> like MUAs in that respect.
> 
> I didn't like git very much when I first used it, but I can deal with it
> now that it's matured somewhat, and now that I'm more used to it (and
> now that emacs has vc-git stuff too). I certainly can't see the point in
> starting to use anything _else_.
> 

Ivan should speak up now.

I'll also note that your colleagues have been using it for sugar.

Let the CMS flamewars begin ;-).
                        Regards,
                                - Jim

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Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child