Right, but python is also an interpreted language, so you need to have the
python runtime installed. With other revision control systems I can ( in
theory ) distribute a standalone, static linked binary without having to
deal with any deps.
On 26 November 2012 10:10, pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com> wrote:
> On 11/26/12 15:41, Kurt H Maier wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:25:18AM +0100, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
>>
>>> I am proposing a migration of all mercurial to git repositories. Git is
>>> mature and used by nearly all major OSS projects. Mercurial has this
>>> slow prototyping dependency of Python, which is annoying and could be
>>> removed that way. Of course git is still(?) adding a perl dependency. I
>>> hope this can be removed from git.
>>>
>> Why not just remove python from mercurial instead? "Lots of nerds use
>> it" is not a compelling argument, unless you are trying to convince us
>> to buy Macs next.
>>
> everytime i proposed in mercurialchan to rewrite it in C, everybody
> thought i was trolling or so.. i would also love to have hg in c,
> but the reactions were pretty rude, so i decided to move to git.
>
> and python is not a dependency for mercurial. It is written in it.
>
>
> Dpb on IRC showed me [0], which seems to do a near to perfect import of
>>> the old hg history. Anyone had bad experiences with this?
>>>
>> It works fine, but you still haven't made sufficient case for switching.
>>
>> For the web interface on git.suckless.org I am proposing cgit, which is
>>> fast and written in C.
>>>
>> Also works well. Does not justify a switch.
>>
>> How are your thoughts, comrades?
>>>
>> Why bother?
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 26 2012 - 16:18:40 CET