[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] PEP 374

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> Barry Warsaw <barry <at> python.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>> Besides, certain developments like support for the svn wire  
>>>> protocol
>>>> in bzr would make the WFC (we fear change :) argument moot.
>>>
>>> This is an argument *against* the usefulness of switching!
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> This simply allows those who are happy with the status quo to live
>> peacefully with those who want the benefits of the new capabilities.
>
> Hmm, perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying... Would the bzr  
> client allow
> accessing an svn server, or the reverse?

The reverse.

IIUC, the bzr server would be able to speak to svn clients.  bzr  
supports a centralized model perfectly fine along side a decentralized  
model, so any current developers who want to continue using their svn  
client can do so, and everyone else could use the bzr client to work  
decentralized.

> (please note that we already have bzr, hg and git mirrors. So it's  
> not like
> people wanting to use a DVCS are out of solutions)

Right, but ideally the server would support the full distributed model  
and users wold chose which client and models they are most comfortable  
with.

One option would be to promote the mirrors to official status, but  
this is clunky because svn has a less complete model than a dvcs so  
it's more difficult to go in that direction.

Barry

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