[Scons-dev] Hg vs Git

[Bill Deegan]

All,

So it sounds like (from limited consensus), that switching to Git now,
would remove a significant barrier to contributing code/fixes?

-Bill

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Tim Jenness <tjenness at lsst.org> wrote:

>
> > 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
>
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