Hi, On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 8:04 AM, John E. / TDM <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/28/2014 5:17 AM, JonY wrote: >> mingw-w64 may migrate from svn to git in the future, seeing that sf can >> now do multiple repos per project. > *snip* >> Discuss. > > I'm a bit surprised at the choice of Git -- in my experience, Windows > developers usually prefer Mercurial (<http://mercurial.selenic.com/>) > because on Windows it is more lightweight and performant than Git. > > I also prefer Mercurial to Git because I find its syntax and workflow > more intuitive. This is of course personal taste. > > Mercurial repositories are also available in SourceForge. But if the > primary MinGW-w64 contributors are all more familiar with Git then I > suppose it shall be Git. > > My two cents. :)
>From the sidelines - a big yes please for switching to git. In my experience, the ease of git branching makes it far more comfortable making and proposing changes, even substantial changes. I hear the same is true of mercurial, but I know it much less well. I very much like the github pull-request system for code review - does sourceforge have something similar? I know bitbucket does. For the projects I'm involved in, pull requests make proposing changes very fluid, and they are good for recording discussion as well. Best, Matthew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
