BDFL decision of Python's DVCS

[Russel Winder]

In the end who chooses what is their own decision and Python have a
mechanism where a single individual makes an emotional one based on
whatever evidence (his words).  The problem here is the "Hg has a strong
following among Python developers and few detractors, while few (except
Canonical employees) seem to like Bzr."  This one sentence has the
potential to be the nail in the coffin for Bazaar unless there is a
concerted effort to make it clear that his impression is wrong, and for
him to publicly retract it.  He doesn't have to change Python's switch
to Mercurial, that is not the issue.  The issue is that this
mis-interpretation of the state of usage of Bazaar will be treated as
fact such that Bazaar will become a Canonical internal tool.

> To me, the advantages of using *some* DVCS are obvious. At PyCon,
> Brett already announced that Git was no longer being considered --
> while it has obviously many fans, it also provokes strong antipathies.
> So it was between Hg and Bzr (both of which happen to be implemented
> in Python FWIW). Based on a completely unscientific poll (basically
> whatever feedback I received in my personal inbox or on Twitter), Hg
> has a strong following among Python developers and few detractors,
> while few (except Canonical employees) seem to like Bzr. In addition,
> most timing experiments point towards Hg being faster than Bzr for
> most operations, and Hg is (again, subjectively) easier to learn for
> SVN users than Bzr.
> =====
> 
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Russel.
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