[Python-Dev] PEP 481 - Migrate Some Supporting Repositories to Git and Github

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Mon Dec 1 08:43:11 CET 2014


> On Dec 1, 2014, at 1:25 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> 
> One argument that keeps coming up is transferability of knowledge:  knowing git and/or GitHub, as many seem to, it
> therefore becomes easier to commit to the Python ecosystem.
> 
> What about the transferability of Python knowledge?  Because I know Python, I can customize hg;  because I know Python I
> can customize Roundup.
> 
> I do not choose tools simply because they are written in Python -- I choose them because, being written in Python, I can
> work on them if I need to:  I can enhance them, I can fix them, I can learn from them.
> 
> --
> ~Ethan~
> 
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Git uses the idea of small individual commands that do small things,
so you can write your own commands that work on text streams to
extend git and you can even write those in Python.

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