Re: source repository

[Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>]

dhruva <dhruvakm@gmail.com> writes:
> On 7/3/07, Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Jason Rumney wrote:
>> > Paul Pogonyshev wrote:
>> > > What is the best way to stay in touch with Emacs development?  As I
>> > > understood, Emacs now uses Arch mostly,
>> >
>> > You understood incorrectly. Some developers use arch, but the definitive
>> > repository for Emacs is CVS. Since Miles is away at the moment, the arch
>> > synching is not happening. I'm not sure why savannah lists arch above
>> > cvs (probably it is alphabetical order), but it is misleading - there
>> > should be some indication there that the main repository is CVS.
>>
>> Oh.  A pity Emacs still uses so old system.  I got used to Subversion
>> lately.
>
> If you are behind a firewall (the way I am), you could use Mercurial
> repository which is updated daily from the CVS head. I use it for my
> daily dosage of fresh emacs. Mercurial is implemented in python and is
> well ported (IMHO: and far superior to other SCM)
>
> repo: http://hg.intevation.org/emacs
> Some basic commands:
> First checkout:
> $ hg clone http://hg.intevation.org/emacs
> Subsequent updates:
> $ hg pull -u

Can I also commit through Mercurial, if I use this method?