[Python-Dev] I would like an svn account

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Jan 3, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>> Maybe this is a false choice.  Maybe the problem is standardizing on
>> Debian stable.  If that distribution isn't giving us and our users  
>> what
>> we need, maybe we need to re-evaluate that choice.  Yes I know we've
>> talked about that before and yes I know it would not be easy to  
>> switch
>> to something different, but still.  If you can't even upgrade svn  
>> to 1.5
>> on Debian stable, then I think you'll find it impossible to switch to
>> any modern DVCS.
>
> Maybe. Again, we should separate between client and server. The server
> we can control, and adjust as needed. The clients we can't (heck, we
> even support Windows :-)

Ouch. :)

> If "switching to a modern DVCS" means that users now need to start
> compiling their VCS before they can check out Python, I don't think we
> should switch to a modern DVCS. Such a system must be mature, and if  
> it
> isn't included in Debian stable, it can't be mature (and free  
> software).

Well, I'm not sure I agree with that definition, but aside from that,  
I can tell you that for Bazaar, our users would have access to  
installers for the major OSes:

http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download

> In the specific case, if a decision is made to switch to bazaar, and
> bzr 1.5 is recent enough, then I'd be happy to upgrade to testing
> (although 1.5 is also available from backports, and already installed;
> stable has *bzr 0.11*). Since lenny was frozen, bzr managed to release
> 5 minor versions (so it is 1.10 now); this makes me very worried
> whether this software is mature.
>
> IOW, Python shouldn't require a VCS that is not even a year old
> (a year ago, bzr 1.1 was released).

Do any of the DVCS under consideration satisfy that requirement?  I  
guess I'm asking whether you think all this talk about DVCSes is  
futile or premature?

- -Barry

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