* bo...@web.de <bo...@web.de> [2009-04-02 22:08:04]:

> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: "Matthew Toseland" <t...@amphibian.dyndns.org>
> > Gesendet: 31.03.09 21:19:29
> > An: devl@freenetproject.org
> > Betreff: [freenet-dev] Git vs hg: we must decide now!
> 
> > Which DSCM should we switch to? Last time we discussed this, we decided on 
> > mercurial (hg). We need a decision in the near future - it has dragged out 
> > for 6 months due to technical and communication problems, but nextgens is 
> > able and willing to implement a change in the near future. Ian has 
> > suggested 
> > that we need to re-evaluate the decision. So, we will take a vote of 
> > developers active in the last 6 months - and if nobody votes, I'll choose.
> > 
> > The reasons we chose hg previously:
> > - It has a better HTTP transport.
> > - It has better Java support : in particular, netbeans has integrated and 
> > well 
> > supported hg support.
> > - It has better Windows support : mainstream hg runs on Windows, while 
> > there 
> > are Windows Git clients.
> > 
> > Both hg and git have been demonstrated to work over Freenet. Git seems to 
> > need 
> > a bit more help than hg does.
> > 
> > At least four developers and at least one third party have been maintaining 
> > their own svn-to-git repositories based on remotely importing the official 
> > tree, this is one of many reasons to use a DSCM:
> > - Better offline commit support.
> > - Better redundancy and security in general.
> > - Better integration with anonymous development (subject to the caveat that 
> > we 
> > must be sure something is the contributor's own work).
> > 
> > In order to get a clear-cut decision, I have set an arbitrary deadline of 
> > the 
> > end of Tuesday the 7th of April. This will only be extended in 
> > *exceptional* 
> > circumstances.
> > 
> > So if you have an opinion, please reply to this thread. If you qualify as a 
> > developer active in the last 6 months, then please indicate your vote - you 
> > can change it right up to the deadline.
> > 
> 
> the pyFreenetHg writer votes for... hg (surprisingly?;).
> 
> MfG
> saces

I'm for hg too;

It has a better w32 support and native netbeans integration.

NextGen$

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