Re: clisp: cvs --> hg

[Blake M. <bl...@mc...>]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Sam Steingold <sd...@gn...> wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like to convert the clisp cvs repository to hg (mercurial).
> Any objections?
> Sam.
>

The world used to use CVS.  The world has switched or is largely in the
process of switching to Subversion.  I have been using Subversion for
several years and it works really well. I don't doubt that Mercurial has
some advantages, I just very seriously doubt that those features warrant
learning and supporting (think IDE) yet another source code control system.
I think you should either stay with CVS or switch to Subversion (which is
very easy).  Please don't force me/us to get and learn a SCCS just for one
package!  I'm sure it's cool and we all love to play with another cute toy
but it is a real hassle for many of the rest of us.  I, for one, would
rather stick to your normal distributions than install/learn another SCCS.

Subversion is good enough.  Let's not force a needless hurddle between the
software and the developer.

Just my opinion.

Blake McBride