[Python-checkins] r72917 - peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt

Mon May 25 17:09:02 CEST 2009

Author: dirkjan.ochtman
Date: Mon May 25 17:09:02 2009
New Revision: 72917
Log:
PEP 374: move section on final decision up.
Modified:
 peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt
Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0374.txt	Mon May 25 17:09:02 2009
@@ -97,6 +97,33 @@
 the future as the state of DVCSs evolves.
 
 
+Chosen DVCS
+===========
+
+At PyCon 2009, a `decision
+<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-March/087931.html>`_
+was made to go with Mercurial.
+
+The choice to go with Mercurial was made for three important reasons:
+
+* According to a small survey, Python developers are more interested in
+ using Mercurial than in Bazaar or Git.
+
+* Mercurial is written in Python, which is congruent with the python-dev
+ tendency to 'eat their own dogfood'.
+
+* Mercurial is significantly faster than bzr (it's slower than git, though
+ by a much smaller difference).
+
+* Mercurial is easier to learn for SVN users than bzr.
+
+Although all of these points can be debated, in the end a pronouncement from
+the BDFL was made to go with hg as the chosen DVCS for the Python project. A
+detailed plan for the migration strategy has been deferred to `PEP 385`_.
+
+.. _PEP 385: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0385/
+
+
 Terminology
 ===========
 
@@ -1448,30 +1475,3 @@
 
 XXX ... usage on top of svn, filling in `Coordinated Development of a
 New Feature`_ scenario
-
-
-Chosen DVCS
-===========
-
-At PyCon 2009, a `decision
-<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-March/087931.html>`_
-was made to go with Mercurial.
-
-The choice to go with Mercurial was made for three important reasons:
-
-* According to a small survey, Python developers are more interested in
- using Mercurial than in Bazaar or Git.
-
-* Mercurial is written in Python, which is congruent with the python-dev
- tendency to 'eat their own dogfood'.
-
-* Mercurial is significantly faster than bzr (it's slower than git, though
- by a much smaller difference).
-
-* Mercurial is easier to learn for SVN users than bzr.
-
-Although all of these points can be debated, in the end a pronouncement from
-the BDFL was made to go with hg as the chosen DVCS for the Python project. A
-detailed plan for the migration strategy has been deferred to `PEP 385`_.
-
-.. _PEP 385: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0385/
