Mercurial popularity is stagnant

[Stanimir Stamenkov]

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:14:08 -0700, /Pierre-Yves David/:
> On 08/20/2014 03:05 PM, cowwoc wrote:
>
>> I second this motion. I don't think you need a new branching
>> option, we
>> just need to make bookmarks work *exactly* like Git branches. I don't
>> see the advantage of the current implementation over what Git has. Is
>> the current approach working as designed or is the long-term goal to
>> make it work like Git branches?
>
> We have change evolution comming. And the model of explicit
> changeset obsolescence et far superior to the implicit suppression
> than the git branch model carry.

I'm not sure how the changeset evolution will help with the branch 
naming/tracking behavior implemented in Git.  My point was there 
should be a direct support for the given behavior if we want Git 
users and service providers consider Mercurial as an alternative.

-- 
Stanimir