[Python-Dev] Mercurial Schedule

Fri Nov 19 19:41:54 CET 2010

> I don't understand all the worry about sys.subversion. It's not like
> it's useful to anybody else than us, and I think it should have been
> named sys._subversion instead. There's no point in making API-like
> promises about which DVCS, bug tracker or documentation toolset we use
> for our workflow.

I read “subversion” as “sub-piece of information about version”, not the
name of a VCS, so I have no problem with its continuing existence under
Mercurial (it’s in PEP 385).
Regards