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

[Ethan Furman]

Ned Deily wrote:
> 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.

So is it not possible to have the default stay at "default" instead of 
at "tip"?

~Ethan~