Re: [Sks-devel] hg workflow pointers

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

On 08/08/2017 03:27 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> There are likely a few different questions resulting from this (my own
> opinions in separate email).

And here they come

>  (i) Should we use git for revision control instead of mercurial?

I'm personally more involved in projects using git these days, I am
however not sure if this constitute grounds for shifting up platform of
its own, but I'm curious what other's think. Mercurial has some great
features (a reason e.g facebook:
https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook/
uses it, although we don't exactly have a scaling issue)

>  (ii)(A) Should we continue to use bitbucket (it also supports git so
> not dependent on (i)) or use another provider (if some of the questions
> are regarding the UI of bitbucket / its use) (B) if not bitbucket, what
> other alternative and why?

Open question, I don't see an immediate reason to move except for group
effects of most others using github so no need to have a new account. I
don't necessarily see centralization as a good thing overall, nor do I
like the github ToS

>  (iii) Should we submit patches to the mailing list for review instead
> of using any platform's specific functionality?

I do think we should use the mailing list more actively to get more
involvement in the development; in particular with the low level of
commits proper review can only be a good thing. This can likely also
result in more complete commit message etc for individual commits with
the discussion in email archives as reference.

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