[Coco] toolshed under Linux

[Andrew]

Just wanted to weigh in on this:

 >> Also, why are we still using mercurial??

My 2 cents:

TL;DR: Git and github are the most popular and widely used; virtually 
every software engineer has used them, other tools notsomuch...

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I don't know anything about mercurial myself; I've never used it, so I 
will refrain on saying anything about its pros or cons.

But the software engineering world has almost (seemingly) standardized 
on using git (and github by extension - gitlab is also an option).

Now - I know that toolshed and other CoCo projects aren't really a part 
of the common "software engineering" space; these are all retro projects 
maintained by a small number enthusiasts. So maybe it doesn't really 
matter what versioning tool is used...

...until and unless another maintainer has to take it over.

That new guy may or may not have mercurial or ever used it - but it is 
almost guaranteed that they have used git and/or github. Git (and 
github) are almost default tools in a developer's toolchain at this 
point. If they weren't, you'd see "mecurial-hub" or something like that 
making inroads and taking business away from github. But you don't, 
because it isn't...or something like that.

Yes, I guess I'm arguing for popularity and commonality; not the best 
argument. As a professional (though currently jobless) software 
engineer, I almost expect any serious project (which I think toolshed 
is) to be available on github, if it isn't proprietary (and especially 
if it is open-source). I expect to be able to make changes and pull 
requests, etc - and to continue to use the tools I know. I have never 
worked at an employer that used anything other than git and/or github. I 
know there are plenty of employers that don't use those tools, but I 
suspect they may be in the minority (just a gut feeling - I have nothing 
to back that up).


On 4/23/20 2:44 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:36:00 -0500
> From: Allen Huffman<alsplace at pobox.com>
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>> On Apr 23, 2020, at 2:45 PM, John W. Linville<linville at tuxdriver.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Also, why are we still using mercurial??
> What would you suggest? (If you say git, that’s nice because I know it. No so much anything else.)

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