On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:14:18 -0700, Eli Bendersky <eli...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Sean Felipe Wolfe <ether....@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> > > wrote: > > > It's a big repo. Patience. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Sean Felipe Wolfe <ether....@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >> Hey everybody, I'm trying to download the python sources with hg and > > >> it's taking a while ... 7+ minutes so far and all I've got is > > >> .../cpython and .../cypython/.hg . Any ideas as to why there's a > > >> delay? > > >> > > >> I'm following the dev guide with this command: > > >> hg clone http://hg.python.org/cpython > > >> > > >> I'm on Linux Mint 14, using the supplied hg version 2.2.2 . My > > >> internet connection seems speedy enough. > > >> > > > > Sean, 7 minutes doesn't sound bad. Keep in mind that with Hg, the whole > repository is being cloned to your computer - all active (and inactive) > branches, all history, etc. The up-side is that after this initial clone, > subsequent pulls are pretty quick and all other operations are local and > super fast (log, blame, etc.)
To further clarify what Eli said, "the whole repo" gets put into that .hg directory *first*, and only at the end is a working directory checkout done. So all you will see is cpython/.hg until the very last moment when it will start telling about the checkout being done. --David _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
