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

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Wed Nov 5 03:36:25 CET 2008

Cosmin Stejerean writes:

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

We're Python programmers. We're used to people telling us our tool is too slow. We just say it does the job superbly and it's usually fast enough. :)

I don't agree with completely dismissing performance just because it's Python.

Oh, it's just an in-joke. He's doing a "my snake is longer than your snake" because I sniped at Gustavo with a "TOOWTDI".

I see no excuse to let the fact that it's Python make it acceptable to have an application with otherwise unacceptable performance.

Barry and many others obviously find the performance of non-git VCSes acceptable. On the other hand, Brett has conceded that git's performance has enough fans that it has to be on the table (even though he admits to a strong bias against it, that's the major concession).

Performance is always a consideration. IMO, now that it has been acknowledged that performance varies considerably among VCSes, it's more important at this point to figure out what Python development's other requirements are.

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