On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Sean Farley <sean.michael.farley at > gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Well, first of all, mq is being deprecated. Matt Mackall wanted a >> general solution that would work in the mercurial framework. That >> solution is the changeset evolution concept. Once I started using that >> workflow, I whole-heartedly agree that mq is a pain and I could never >> go back. > > > I'm glad to see they've changed their mind on this one. Recall that they > were recommending mq for several years after it should have been deprecated.
Ok? >> >> > As for consensus shifting towards git, I know only a few people that >> >> > have >> >> > used both seriously and still prefer Hg. Meanwhile, there are a ton >> >> > of >> >> > serious Python folks that prefer git (Lisandro, Andy Terrel, SciPy, >> >> > NumPy, >> >> > PyClaw, etc). >> >> >> >> And how many of these people / projects have been influenced by you? >> >> All the ones you listed (mpich, lib mesh, Lisandro, Andy Terrel, >> >> SciPy, NumPy, and PyClaw) seem to have spent time with you and your >> >> git-is-the-only-way model. >> > >> > >> > You give me *way* too much credit. ;-) >> >> But what if these people had been shown how to use `hg evolve` >> instead? Would they still have switched to git? > > > Would you have used a 2012 Linux laptop if offered to you in 2000? Does that > mean you want to ditch your mac now? No, my mac works and doesn't look like crap. I have to stare at my computer all day, so why am I the asshole for wanting it to look really nice? Also, I don't want to recompile *anything* just to join a wireless network. Recall both you (and even Peter, I believe) had to do that within the last year or so. > You should try selling fusion power and string theory while you're at it. > ;-) > > Even Atlassian puts out blog posts advocating git (almost a year ago now): > http://blogs.atlassian.com/2012/03/git-vs-mercurial-why-git/ Yes, Atlassian seems to have not gotten the memo about changeset evolution. Sigh.
