[Adium-devl] bzr instead of hg?

[Felipe Contreras]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Peter Hosey <prh at boredzo.org> wrote:
> I know the last time we talked about DVCSs, we picked Mercurial. But,
> since we haven't yet converted the SVN repo to an hg repo, it's not
> too late to change our minds.
>
> I found out not too long ago that there is a plug-in for bzr to add an
> interactive commit (aka record) command. So my only major objection to
> Bazaar is now gone.
>
> So, what are the advantages and disadvantages?
>
> Advantages:
>
> - Sparkle uses bzr
> - msn-pecan uses bzr
> - We could use LaunchPad (or not)
> - It's even more svn-like than hg is

Nope, msn-pecan uses git.

> Disadvantages:
>
> - Last I checked, there was still no way to convert our SVN repo to a
> bzr repo (though it's been a long time, so it may be worth checking
> again)

AFAIK bzr support for svn is quite good, just like git's. So cloning
an svn repo should be a piece of cake.

> - Less momentum behind it (though that's changing, especially in the
> Mac community)
>
> Thoughts?

I personally prefer git[1], but I'm not an Adium developer, so I guess
it doesn't matter.

BTW, my mtn->git script is basically done, so soon I'll publish an
exact replica of Pidgin's mtn repo in git.

Best regards.

[1] http://www.gitcasts.com/

-- 
Felipe Contreras