[Python-Dev] Submitting changes through Mercurial

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    >> I still don't understand what that's supposed to look like.  Is it
    >> supposed to be a URL which refers to my local repository?

    Senthil> No, it is the "Remote Repository". It could be one at
    Senthil> bitbucket.org or code.google.com, both of which support
    Senthil> creating mercurial repositories. Or it could be a repository at
    Senthil> hg.python.org and with a url like hg.python.org/sandbox/skip or
    Senthil> hg.python.org/skip

    Senthil> You will have to 'push' your changes to those so that they are
    Senthil> publicly visible and then point that url in the bug-tracker.

I can see this turning into a giant bowl of spaghetti.  How in the world are
people supposed to understand how all these repositories are related to each
other?

    Senthil> You can do that or use one of existing facilities available for
    Senthil> pushing your code to a public hg repository.

Doesn't that just complicate my setup?  Let's just consider the cpython repo
(is that the right term? maybe branch instead?).  Today, I have a local
repository named "cpython" which refers to ssh://hg@hg.python.org/cpython as
its default.  Now you suggest I need to create another public repository.
So my "chain of command" becomes: local depends on my global, which depends
on the real cpython global.  Now replicate that for the different active
branches (2.7, 3.2 at least).

    Senthil> And when you pressed "Create Patch" button, it created a patch

    >> Sorry, I don't see a "Create Patch" button anywhere.  Are you
    >> referring to some sort of Mercurial GUI?

    Senthil> No, the same http://bugs.python.org/issue11591 You have to be
    Senthil> logged into the tracker to see "Create Patch" under a section
    Senthil> called "Repositories containing patches"

I was logged in.  It is not obvious.  In addition, now that I've found it, I
see that there are two.  WTF?

The Roundup interface is getting extraordinarily messy.  In the above case I
count 23 user interface components for just that one case, not including all
the Remove buttons for the individual comments:

   5 in classification
   13 in process
   1 Submit changes button
   2 under Files/file name
   2 under Files/Repositories containing patches

The above count does not include simple HTML links, which themselves can be
just as important as the buttons, text areas and pop up menus.

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