Switching to Mercurial

[Ben Finney]

"Paul Moore" <p.f.moore at gmail.com> writes:

> I thought I ought to now post my conclusions [regarding Bazaar
> versus Mercurial] to the list, as I wouldn't have been able to do
> the evaluation properly without all the help the list gave me.
> 
> In summary, I have decided to go with Mercurial. It was a close
> decision, so I think it may be of use for me to explain what
> influenced me.
> 
> The key reasons for this are as follows:
> [...]
> 
> Overall, the decision was very subjective. The only concrete
> complaint I have with Bazaar is over speed, and I'd concede that for
> smaller projects, "fast enough" applies. But for bigger repositories
> (Python!) the speed issue matters to me. Ultimately, the 2 projects
> seem to me to be moving in very similar directions. On the one hand,
> this seems to me to indicate that neither will ever be a bad choice,
> but on the other hand, I wonder if the result is a "split vote",
> where neither gains as much critical mass as they would without the
> other.

Thank you very much for this balanced, detailed, and comprehensive
report.

My employer went through a similar process last year (with a similar
conclusion to yours), and others are doing the same, I expect. Reports
like this are invaluable both to those making similar evaluations and
to the Bazaar project trying to fix shortcomings.

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Ben Finney