[Python-Dev] Bazaar branches available (again) on Launchpad (original) (raw)

David Lyon david.lyon at pythontest.org
Wed Jan 20 05:29:34 CET 2010

On Jan 19, 2010, at 08:09 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

I'd be surprised if any of the big 3 DVCS developers would actually /want/ their stuff in the stdlib.

If they ask, they'll get told they're motorbike-shedding. "It's better if their users ask". So here I am as a user doing things the 'right' way.

Being in the stdlib has its advantages and disadvantages. I think for rapidly developing technology, the latter can actually outweigh the former.

If it's about being able to do updates, then I think this resolves an old and circular argument. As the SCM implementation would, one would expect, to be able to update itself.

Side benefits are that it can update everything else along with it at the same time. User Apps, Packages, whatever.

It's even better having SCM in an Industrial/Scientific environment. Here's an example:

Well anyway, whatever you guys might say, that's a whole lot more efficient than running back to the development machine and going through some obscure build and test and publish process to do a fix on a production machine.

Point : The fact that SCMs are two way is great in a production environment. No packaging solution can come close.

So why not have python SCMs included as batteries in python..

All these arguments I can take off to the stdlib list when I get the chance..

David

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