All, So it sounds like (from limited consensus), that switching to Git now, would remove a significant barrier to contributing code/fixes?
-Bill On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Tim Jenness <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 9, 2016, at 07:57 , Rob Boehne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > For me, scons is the ONLY project I work on that uses Mercurial, and > > having to translate each and every command is a real pain. > > I¹ve also NOT contributed back many changes I¹ve made to get Python to > > build properly on old UNIX systems, primarily because it was using Hg. > > > > I doubt I¹m alone in this, and I¹m certain it¹s a lot easier to find a > > competent developer who knows Git but has never used Mercurial than the > > other way around. This is an extra effort for most developers, and that > > extra effort will get more common, and more painful as the years go by. > > IMHO switching to Git is a clear win. > > > > I have to agree. Whilst I am really interested in helping with the python > 3 port the hg hurdle has just meant I haven’t found the time. I have too > many other things pulling at me that I can do easily with my git workflow. > > — > Tim Jenness > > _______________________________________________ > Scons-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev >
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