Re: [python-committers] Survey about DVCSs compared to svn

2009-02-25 Thread jnoller
On Feb 25, 2009 6:46pm, Brett Cannon wrote: On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 15:35, Mark Hammond mhamm...@skippinet.com.au> wrote: > There's an option missing in that survey: > > [ ] I see a need to switch to a DVCS at all. To be fair, the survey isn't asking about a switch, just how th

Re: [python-committers] Survey about DVCSs compared to svn

2009-02-27 Thread jnoller
I don't think that the implicit assumption "that something better may one day come along" is something which negates action now. That's like saying "something better than python may come along, so I'll stick with $X". The fact is is that DVCes *are* an improvement over subversion, especiall

Re: [python-committers] Survey about DVCSs compared to svn

2009-02-27 Thread jnoller
The survey isn't biased. You have a value "the same /worse than the status quo" - wherein the status quo is subversion. If you hate DVCes, you mark it as "same/worse than the status quo" and we move on. No one is suggesting we accept *less* functionality than subversion: in fact we're looki