- cross-posted to:
- linux@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- linux@lemmy.ml
For a long time Firefox Desktop development has supported both Mercurial and Git users. This dual SCM requirement places a significant burden on teams which are already stretched thin in parts. We have made the decision to move Firefox development to Git.
- We will continue to use Bugzilla, moz-phab, Phabricator, and Lando
- Although we’ll be hosting the repository on GitHub, our contribution workflow will remain unchanged and we will not be accepting Pull Requests at this time
- We’re still working through the planning stages, but we’re expecting at least six months before the migration begins
Some amusing context (as a big Mercurial fan, myself):
According to the 2022 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, Mercurial is the 4th most popular response, beaten only by Git, Subversion, and “I don’t use version control”.
Mercurial was only 1/4 as popular as “I don’t use version control.”
The fact that people still use Subversion is the real crime.
Unreal engine basically requires it for decent version control iirc. i had a nightmare trying to get git to work on my university project a few years back
It’s Perforce I think, not svn.
Well that’s a bummer. I guess some people love to live on the edge.