On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:41:45 +0100, Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan@ochtman.nl> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 15:17, Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> wrote:
We really need to move to a dvcs for development sooner rather than later. It's been a year since the decision was made. I understand that it will suck for Windows developers in the short term, but with all the discussion about the PSF paying for pdo infrastructure work, I think getting us off of Subversion would have the most immediate positive impact for development of Python. If the EOL issue is the holdup, what can we do *right now* to break that logjam? Can't the PSF pay somebody to make this happen?
For the EOL issue, there is code, it needs testing. Martin Geisler (the primary author so far) and I issued a call for testing on python-dev last week, but without any response so far. As for paying someone, I have a full-time job already, so I don't really have the time to do consulting. I could ask around for other Mercurial team members, but I'm not sure there's much point to it if no one is testing the extension that exists right now.
If I understand correctly, the goal was for the extension to be run by all developers, whether they were on windows or not. I think we should make a first cut at the instructions for getting set up to use hg for Python development, including setting up the extension. With those instructions in hand I'll at least test it on my linux box, and I should also be able to find time to test it on a Windows box as well.
--David