[Scons-dev] Hg vs Git

[Tim Jenness]

> On May 9, 2016, at 07:57 , Rob Boehne <robb at datalogics.com> 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