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

[Tres Seaver]

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Georg Brandl wrote:
> 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.

The code.python.org/hg mirror has been running for many months now: As a
non-committer, I have been able to use its 2.6 branch and the trunk with
hg to test / develop / submit patches.

Can somebody comment on how much ongoing effort is required to keep that
mirror running?  I know that the hg / git / bzr mirrors I set up for the
repoze SVN repository haven't require any ongoing effort, after the
initial day or two of setup effort.


Tres.
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