[Python-Dev] PEP 374 (DVCS) now in reST

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Jan 25, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> (*) I'm probably missing something, but ISTM that committers can  
> already
> use the DVCS - they only need to create a patch just before  
> committing.
> This, of course, is somewhat more complicated than directly pushing  
> the
> changes to the server, but it still gives them most of what is often
> reported as the advantage of a DVCS (local commits, ability to have  
> many
> branches simultaneously, ability to share work-in-progress, etc). In
> essence, committers wanting to use a DVCS can do so today, by acting
> as if they were non-committers, and only using svn for actual changes
> to the master repository.

The approach you outline also has the disadvantages of losing history  
at the point of patch generation, and causing a discontinuity in the  
chain of revisions leading up to that point.  Depending on the  
specific changes being merged, this may or may not be important.

You're right that we can do this today, but I still believe there are  
advantages to supporting a DVCS for the official branches.

Barry

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