Should Mailman move to Bazaar?

[Mads Kiilerich]

Colin McMillen wrote, On 05/06/2007 01:55 PM:
> As far as I'm concerned, Launchpad is the only reason to
> prefer bzr over hg, but it's a *huge* reason (though I'm currently
> sticking with hg for now.)
>   

FYI, you are not the only one with that opinion:

Barry Warsaw wrote on Mailman-Developers mailing list, On 05/30/2007 
01:33 AM:
> Hi folks,
>
> Several weeks ago I asked whether it was time to move the Mailman  
> source code from Subversion to a distribute version control system  
> (dvcs).  I appreciate all the great feedback that people provided,  
> both on the public list and in private email.
>
> It's clear that moving to a dvcs has widespread support, and that  
> people are willing to learn a new version control system in order to  
> gain the benefits of a dvcs.  Several people suggested that we look  
> at Mercurial and git, as well as some other dvcs's.  At the time I  
> narrowed the choices to Mercurial and Bazaar because I wanted to  
> stick with a Python-based version control system.
>
> Well, I've spent some time playing with both systems, talking to  
> folks, and thinking about the move.  Either dvcs would probably serve  
> our needs and either would give us advantages over Subversion.   
> However, I have chosen Bazaar, with hosting on Launchpad.  In  
> summary, the advanced branch hosting support offered by Launchpad,  
> combined with the ability to get first hand help for any future  
> problems or wishlists, swayed me to Bazaar.  I didn't find anything  
> compelling enough about Mercurial to make a difference, although I'm  
> sure it's a fine dvcs.