I prefer Mercurial - much lighter and much less risk of ruining your repo.
But, M$ has been hacking git: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/03/microsoft_foists_fake_file_system_for_fat_git_repos/ so maybe Windows 11 will be a total rewrite with zero reused code! :) Sent from my iPad > On Aug 8, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Kristian Fiskerstrand > <kristian.fiskerstr...@sumptuouscapital.com> wrote: > >> On 08/08/2017 03:27 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: >> There are likely a few different questions resulting from this (my own >> opinions in separate email). > > And here they come > >> (i) Should we use git for revision control instead of mercurial? > > I'm personally more involved in projects using git these days, I am > however not sure if this constitute grounds for shifting up platform of > its own, but I'm curious what other's think. Mercurial has some great > features (a reason e.g facebook: > https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook/ > uses it, although we don't exactly have a scaling issue) > >> (ii)(A) Should we continue to use bitbucket (it also supports git so >> not dependent on (i)) or use another provider (if some of the questions >> are regarding the UI of bitbucket / its use) (B) if not bitbucket, what >> other alternative and why? > > Open question, I don't see an immediate reason to move except for group > effects of most others using github so no need to have a new account. I > don't necessarily see centralization as a good thing overall, nor do I > like the github ToS > >> (iii) Should we submit patches to the mailing list for review instead >> of using any platform's specific functionality? > > I do think we should use the mailing list more actively to get more > involvement in the development; in particular with the low level of > commits proper review can only be a good thing. This can likely also > result in more complete commit message etc for individual commits with > the discussion in email archives as reference. > > -- > ---------------------------- > Kristian Fiskerstrand > Blog: https://blog.sumptuouscapital.com > Twitter: @krifisk > ---------------------------- > Public OpenPGP keyblock at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net > fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 > ---------------------------- > "In politics stupidity is not a handicap." > (Napoleon Bonaparte) > > _______________________________________________ > Sks-devel mailing list > Sks-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel
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