[Python-Dev] PEP 385 progress report

[Barry Warsaw]

On Feb 13, 2010, at 1:31 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:17, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>>> IMO, it is realistic to predict that this will not actually happen. If
>>>> we can agree to give up the 2to3 sandbox, we should incorporate
>>>> find_pattern into the tree, and perhaps test.py as well.
>>> I vote on giving up the 2to3 sandbox.
>> 
>> Besides, if we're using hg, it should make it much easier for someone
>> else to branch that part of the stdlib
> 
> Actually - no: hg doesn't support branching of parts of a repository.
> You would need to branch all of Python. Then, there wouldn't be a
> straight-forward place to setup.py and any other top-level files
> (although you could hack them into Lib, and work with a distutils manifest).

Does hg support an equivalent of 'bzr split'?

% bzr split --help
Purpose: Split a subdirectory of a tree into a separate tree.
Usage:   bzr split TREE

Options:
  --usage        Show usage message and options.
  -v, --verbose  Display more information.
  -q, --quiet    Only display errors and warnings.
  -h, --help     Show help message.

Description:
  This command will produce a target tree in a format that supports
  rich roots, like 'rich-root' or 'rich-root-pack'.  These formats cannot be
  converted into earlier formats like 'dirstate-tags'.
  
  The TREE argument should be a subdirectory of a working tree.  That
  subdirectory will be converted into an independent tree, with its own
  branch.  Commits in the top-level tree will not apply to the new subtree.

See also: join

-Barry