> The learning curve on git is still awful - it offers no compelling advantages over hg, and GitHub doesn't offer any huge benefits over BitBucket for Sphinx based documentation (ReadTheDocs works just as well with either service).
This was a most helpful resource: https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Git-hg-rosetta-stone#rosetta-stone Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) > Homepage: http://git-scm.com/ > Docs: http://git-scm.com/documentation > Docs: http://git-scm.com/book/en/ > Docs: http://documentup.com/skwp/git-workflows-book > Docs: http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/git/ > Source: git https://github.com/git/git hg imuutability is certainly a primarily attractive feature; along with the keyring support. On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 November 2014 at 15:19, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > This thread seems to beg for a decision. I think Donald Stufft has it > > exactly right: we should move to GitHub, because it is the easiest to use > > and most contributors already know it (or are eager to learn thee). > > Honestly, the time for core devs (or some other elite corps of dedicated > > volunteers) to sysadmin their own machines (virtual or not) is over. > We've > > never been particularly good at this, and I don't see us getting better > or > > more efficient. > > The learning curve on git is still awful - it offers no compelling > advantages over hg, and GitHub doesn't offer any huge benefits over > BitBucket for Sphinx based documentation (ReadTheDocs works just as > well with either service). > > > Moving the CPython code and docs is not a priority, but everything else > > (PEPs, HOWTOs etc.) can be moved easily and I am in favor of moving to > > GitHub. For PEPs I've noticed that for most PEPs these days (unless the > > primary author is a core dev) the author sets up a git repo first anyway, > > and the friction of moving between such repos and the "official" repo is > a > > pain. > > Note that if folks prefer Git, BitBucket supports both. I would object > strongly to unilaterally forcing existing contributors to switch from > Mercurial to git. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/wes.turner%40gmail.com > -- Wes Turner https://westurner.github.io/
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