Why there isn't a hg:// ?

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Freitag 30 Januar 2009 11:57:58 schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> Le Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:52:23 -0400, Jorge Vargas a écrit :
> > I know the default is http, and that's nice but why not enforce hg://
> > URI? it will be a nice thing to notice the url at ones. Maybe it could
> > be mimic and under the hood be simply http. Thoughts?
>
> Because repositories also allow browsing via a Web browser and a Web
> browser understands http://, not hg://.

And this forms a very nice theme: When you see a Mercurial repository online, 
you know the URL for cloning: Just copy paste from your web browser. 

From the usability side I see this as really hard to beat :) 

Best wishes, 
Arne
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