[Python-Dev] Mercurial migration readiness (was: Taking over the Mercurial Migration)

[Georg Brandl]

Am 02.07.2010 15:48, schrieb anatoly techtonik:
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> So, if I understand correctly - there are no Mercurial mirrors for
>>> testing at the moment,
>>
>> There are repositories at http://hg.python.org/; the "cpython" one
>> represents the result of conversion at some point in time.
> 
> What is the problem with realtime synchronization and working with
> already up to date Mercurial mirror of central SVN repository?

The specifics of the conversion process are not nailed down yet.
Therefore, the exact translation of SVN to Hg commits will change,
and with it the Mercurial revision IDs, for example.

>>> Development will continue in SVN
>>> repository until everybody is ready for final migration in X weeks
>>> later. Is that right?
>>
>> No; as soon as we switch, SVN will be read-only.
> 
> Why don't allow people who already know Mercurial use Mercurial and
> those who prefer Subversion use that. If Mercurial allows to submit to
> Subversion - why people can't use that while we writing tutorials and
> answering question about workflow?

I don't think that we have enough manpower to maintain such a bridge
indefinitely.

Georg

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