[Python-Dev] hg.python.org should default to defaut, not 2.7

[Ned Deily]

In article <k1ogk6$uns$1 at ger.gmane.org>, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> 
wrote:

> If one goes to http://hg.python.org/cpython/ and clicks 'browse', it 
> defaults to 2.7, not to default (now 3.3). Moreover, there is no 
> indication that it is defaulting to an old branch rather than current 
> default, as one might reasonably expect. I found this very confusing 
> when I was trying to get a link for a python-list post and the code did 
> not look right.

It defaults to "tip" which is the most recently pushed change set.  At 
the moment, it just so happens that tip is a 2.7 change set.  Usually a 
change set for "default" will be the most recent but not always.  You 
just need to check the branch list.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org