On 12/3/09 2:32 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > However; it seems to me that you're essentially abandoning Windows support > with this decision, and THAT I care about deeply just at the moment. > Losing support for Windows Explorer would uncheck the "Windows > integration" checkbox in most Windows shops, I believe, eliminating > Mercurial from consideration. Having to run "some other browser" is not > an acceptable alternative to most windows users, especially management.
There are, of course, different ways of looking at that. We're rolling out Mercurial in our development department and TortoiseHg is absolutely *critical* to this. First-rate Windows support was in the "essential" list of criteria. TortoiseHg provides that for Mercurial in a way that git and darcs can't come close to touching. The big hurdle that we've had to overcome, though, is the fact that Tortoise is a shell extension. This is a shop coming from extensive use of WinCVS and other all-in-one tools. The reactions we got to a context menu ranged from outright loathing to more of a "oh well, if that's all there is then it'll have to do". NOBODY was a fan of it. The 0.9 release has really gone a long way towards alleviating a lot of those concerns. One look at the new Repository Explorer converted a few of the ones on the fence. Having an integrated file browser would bring even more into the fold. Also, it would allow us to push it for our Linux developers a bit more, as well (Nautilus use is rare). I'm not saying that wanting Explorer integration is less ideal or anything... just that it's not everybody's cup of tea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
