From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Prefer Mercurial instead of git Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:23:36 -0600 Message-ID: <87a9fa2etj.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> References: <1388785952.11337.16.camel@Iris> <874n5k12ft.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <1388841220.11337.21.camel@Iris> <87bnzrzuzp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <1388846441.11337.25.camel@Iris> <8738l2k4hh.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <1388927967.11337.32.camel@Iris> <87zjnaiaau.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: Karl Fogel NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388964236 19167 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2014 23:23:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 23:23:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dov Feldstern Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 06 00:24:02 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzx32-000181-78 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:24:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59763 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzx31-00016Y-Os for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:23:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49359) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzx2q-0000zW-Ns for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:23:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzx2i-00062u-A0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]:54046) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzx2i-00062k-49 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id tp5so17911496ieb.39 for ; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 15:23:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=z4lMRcxN1w7UaeXd62dZHZT990ZXPBIGEnnygDwYj14=; b=JP0wW2pFLYhMGx8Rj9lfOxHCrpPqxaq2viwNSNcTtrzN4I0+JLgdajoNiXoINoprLo fP7kJbaGqujF2v7Ct4bzqOSuEb95sRv6AUnPK4IjMjNvObBV3oU7FdeGp2E0/Pa+qAD7 GrEeulbDQ+ojDFw9+FQ0wuA032/SfljumzP+b5hv4myUIH701NtoxK66buCjrXh+Lw/X 69ArU8ou+hUha2VXsQHWj1rcvFcrpYh4d9Ecte1vMjOd0kbJZqZqwx3KhhH9MNI6bsWb 2vn9bLgkr2chiOTOOX+snZA93uFdH9tHhBnqN831aBDHqjeSyrY2BHzvo86lBOhfiRDv XpAA== X-Received: by 10.50.66.208 with SMTP id h16mr15827161igt.0.1388964219426; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 15:23:39 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from floss.red-bean.com ([71.23.151.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id lp9sm12688553igb.2.2014.01.05.15.23.37 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 05 Jan 2014 15:23:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Dov Feldstern's message of "Sun, 5 Jan 2014 23:03:47 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167409 Archived-At: Dov Feldstern writes: >I realize that for emacs the choice has all but been made in favor of git, >and certainly there are plenty of valid reasons for such a decision. But I >still find it a little sad to see quite a few people here feeling compelled >to choose git because of its popularity, despite their preference for >mercurial... Oh, it's not "compelled" any more than any other aspect of this choice is. Network effects are a technical reason too, in the end :-).