# Re: Git and Mozilla 3 messages from 2006-11-28 to 2006-11-28. Participants: Andy Parkins, Jon Smirl, Shawn Pearce. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43160 ## Jon Smirl, 2006-11-28 06:47 Subject: Git and Mozilla Message-ID: <9e4733910611272247y7ef8be0fh2f1436d43a57280@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/9e4733910611272247y7ef8be0fh2f1436d43a57280%40mail.gmail.com ``` It looks like git is out of the race for hosting the Mozilla repository. It's going to be Bazaar or Mercurial. http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2006/11/version_control_system_shootou.html#more -- Jon Smirl ``` ## Shawn Pearce, 2006-11-28 07:46 Subject: Re: Git and Mozilla Message-ID: <20061128074620.GA9056@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061128074620.GA9056%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: <9e4733910611272247y7ef8be0fh2f1436d43a57280@mail.gmail.com> ``` Jon Smirl wrote: > It looks like git is out of the race for hosting the Mozilla repository. > It's going to be Bazaar or Mercurial. > > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/preed/2006/11/version_control_system_shootou.html#more And entirely over the one issue we all thought it was going to be: native win32 support. I guess nobody is surprised by that one bit. -- ``` ## Andy Parkins, 2006-11-28 09:13 Subject: Re: Git and Mozilla Message-ID: <200611280913.07820.andyparkins@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200611280913.07820.andyparkins%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <9e4733910611272247y7ef8be0fh2f1436d43a57280@mail.gmail.com> ``` On Tuesday 2006 November 28 06:47, Jon Smirl wrote: > It looks like git is out of the race for hosting the Mozilla repository. > It's going to be Bazaar or Mercurial. This is probably a good thing; Bazaar and Mercurial are both more similar in model to git than SVN; so conversion between them and git will be far easier. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE ```