BDFL decision of Python's DVCS

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:37 -0500
> Barry Warsaw <barry at canonical.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually, I think this would be a killer approach for bzr.  I mean,
>> how many dvcs users really care about the repository format or even
>> the wire protocol?  How cool would it be if it didn't matter, and
>> bzr clients could talk to any (of the big 5) vc servers?  It would
>> (IMO) be a game changer because then the choice of DVCS X by project
>> Y would be greeted by a big "ho hum, I'll just point my client at
>> that and grab the code".
>
> Exactly.  :-)
>
> It'd also make life a lot easier for anyone that wants to do things
> like use a single VCS to track local patches.  I actually kind of
> thought that would be the point of Launchpad's code mirroring service
> hosted in bzr branches.
>
> I know that at least for me, I don't feel like learning several
> different systems and their ways of working, and trying to remember
> which one to use for which project.

I'll call your "Exactly" and raise you another "Exactly!"

As Karl says, this would make bzr a universal client, which, with no  
end in sight to the git vs bzr vs hg vs svn vs cvs debate, would bring  
a lot of positive attention bzr's way.

Barry

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