[Python-Dev] hg.python.org should default to defaut, not 2.7 (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Thu Aug 30 22:46:16 CEST 2012


On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:34:56 -0700 Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

Ned Deily wrote: > In article <k1ogk6$uns$1 at ger.gmane.org>, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> > wrote: > >> If one goes to http://hg.python.org/cpython/ and clicks 'browse', it >> defaults to 2.7, not to default (now 3.3). Moreover, there is no >> indication that it is defaulting to an old branch rather than current >> default, as one might reasonably expect. I found this very confusing >> when I was trying to get a link for a python-list post and the code did >> not look right. > > It defaults to "tip" which is the most recently pushed change set. At > the moment, it just so happens that tip is a 2.7 change set. Usually a > change set for "default" will be the most recent but not always. You > just need to check the branch list.

So is it not possible to have the default stay at "default" instead of at "tip"?

http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2815

Regards

Antoine.

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