Re: [Configobj-develop] DVCS?

[Jason B. <jb...@ze...>]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Michael Foord <fuz...@vo...>wrote:

>  On 04/03/2010 14:45, Jason Baker wrote:
>
> Has anybody thought about switching ConfigObj to a DVCS?  The main reason
> why I ask is because they make contributing to open source projects *so*
> much easier.  Instead of making a patch, putting it in a ticket, and then
> having someone apply it, all you have to do is open a ticket saying "pull
> this commit from my repository" and then have the branch owner pull it.
>
> I personally am partial to git, but hg and bzr are both good choices (I
> believe Google Code has support for hg).
>
> Well, I'm a big fan of Hg (git not so much). I doubt I'll switch ConfigObj
> over in the forseeable future though, not unless / until there are more
> committers which doesn't seem immediately likely.
>

I think this is a reasonable stand to take.  But let me play devil's
advocate.  My point is that using a DVCS would make it easier for people to
contribute.  Isn't this kind of a chicken-and-the-egg type problem?  After
all, you want to get more people to contribute before moving to a DVCS, but
moving to a DVCS is a good way to get more people to contribute.

(I'm not trying to prod you into using a DVCS.  I just want to make sure
you've thought this out fully.)