[Scons-dev] Hg vs Git

[Schleimer, Ben]

I too think that switching to git would help get changes/fixes in faster and easier.
HG is not that different from Git but having to install and configure another DVCS is a cognitive load that would be nice to not have to deal with.

Cheers,
Ben 

    On Monday, May 9, 2016 10:13 AM, Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com> wrote:
 
 

 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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