Re: Google Code: Support for Mercurial and Analysis of Git and Mercurial

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 26, 2009, 10:16 UTC
Message-ID: <200904261216.58444.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0904261206170.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

On Sun, 26 April 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> > On 4/26/09, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > The deciding feature (well, one of deciding features) was the fact
> > > that Mercurial has better HTTP support... I guess (it was not obvious
> > > from the analysis, but it was hinted at) that Mercurial uses its
> > > custom protocol over HTTP, as opposed to "dumb" HTTP protocol support
> > > in Git.
> > >
> > > Perhaps it is time to restart work on _"smart" HTTP protocol_?
> > 
> > wasn't Shawn working on it?
> 
> GIVE HIM A BREAK!
> 
> Isn't Shawn doing enough for Git?  No need to offload the stuff on him 
> _that you could very well tackle yourself_.

It is a bit pity that we don't have "smart" HTTP protocol as one of git projects for this year Google Summer of Code 2009.

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Jakub Narebski
Poland