[Python-checkins] PEP 374 addenda

skip at pobox.com skip at pobox.com
Sat Feb 14 19:24:35 CET 2009


[Sorry for the late reply here.  I'm offline, on vacation, and not paying a
lot of attention to email.]

    >> Also, how many developers or casual contributors will we lose because
    >> they simply aren't willing to bear the transition costs?

    Brett> That's an unmeasurable number short of seeing how large of an
    Brett> outcry there is against something. And since I have not even made
    Brett> a case for one DVCS over another it isn't worth worrying about
    Brett> this number quite yet.

Still, it would seem to be a useful factor for you to estimate when
considering which, if any, of the candidate DVCSs will provide the smallest
barrier to entry.

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