I don't see it as political. I see it as a function of the purpose of the package, rather than blindly saying "git is always better".
The purpose of hello is to be an example package of the GNU system. Bazaar is the GNU VC. QED. I could say more, but I really don't want to spend more time on this discussion. It's not that important, seems to me. Let Reuben decide, as the new maintainer. k
