[Python-Dev] Looking for VCS usage scenarios (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson musiccomposition at gmail.com
Mon Nov 3 04:03:52 CET 2008

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

I have started the DVCS PEP which can be seen at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg7fctr440dvjkdg64 . Not much is there beyond the rationale, usage scenarios I plan to use, and what other sections I plan to write.

At this point I am looking for any suggestions for fundamental usage scenarios that I am missing from the PEP. If you think the few already listed are missing some core part of a VCS, please let me know.

I think one very important requirement of Python's VCS is advanced merging support. The trunk and py3k are very special branches because a commit in one should not necessarily find its way into the other. To that end, I think it's critical to have svnmerge.py-like blocking (preferably with unblocking, too) and fine cherry-picking of revisions.

-- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson "There's nothing quite as beautiful as an oboe... except a chicken stuck in a vacuum cleaner."

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