<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>For backwards compatibility sys._mercurial must probably stay. Maybe it could be None, so we could write<br><br>if sys._mercurial:<br> ...<br></div>elif sys._git:<br> ...<br></div>else:<br></div> # unknown VCS ...<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:39 PM, francismb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:francismb@email.de" target="_blank">francismb@email.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Brett,<br>
<span class="">><br>
> Change sys._mercurial<br>
> '''''''''''''''''''''<br>
> Once Python is no longer kept in Mercurial, the ``sys._mercurial``<br>
> attribute will need to be removed. An equivalent ``sys._git``<br>
> attribute will be needed to take its place.<br>
><br>
<br>
</span>Would it make sense to change it to something more general like:<br>
<br>
sys._version_control_system or<br>
sys._vcs with maybe a new field for the type of vcs: 'mercurial',<br>
'git' or 'the next one' :-)<br>
<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
francis<br>
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