[Mailman-Developers] Should we move to Bazaar?

[Barry Warsaw]

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On May 3, 2007, at 10:37 AM, John Dennis wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 22:01 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>
> [ superb summary, snipped for brevity ]

Agreed!

I also agree with your assessment John.  It's an evolutionary battle:  
cvs ate rcs, svn ate cvs, and now the next generation is battling for  
dominance.  I think it's too early to pick a winner, the way cvs was  
a clear win for so long, and svn was a no brainer after that.

> If in the decision making process this concern could be taken into
> account I think it would be beneficial. By restricting the options to
> the SCM's which currently have the most mindshare the pain  
> threshold for
> developers would be mitigated and the project would have stronger
> assurances of on-going future support for the SCM.

Your point about interoperability is an important one, and definitely  
a factor in the decision.  I think the risk is mitigated by tools  
like Tailor, and I have confidence that should we choose hg, bzr or  
something else, we'll be able to fairly easily convert if a clear  
winner emerges.

- -Barry

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