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+++ versioncontrol:hgmigration [2022/10/07 03:00] (current) – Move bakeoff stuff under a single namespace KubilayKocak
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-== Summary ==
+==== Summary ====
+This page describe the study of Mercurial (henceforth known as //Hg//) as a possible candidate to replace both CVS and Perforce for the %%FreeBSD%% Project.
-This page describe the study of Mercurial (henceforth known as //Hg//) as apossible candidate to replace both ["CVS"] and ["Perforce"] for the %%FreeBSD%% Project.
+==== Prerequesites ====
+You must have fully read the main [[/VersionControl]] page for a set of requirements and processes currently used by the %%FreeBSD%% Project in its day-to-day operations, from basic VCS usage to release engineering.
-== Prerequesites ==
+==== Hg usage ====
+Hg is being used by several FOSS projects and vendors.
+  * %%OpenSolaris%% has selected Hg as its main VCS
+  * [[http://www.xensource.com/|Xen]] has been using Hg for several months now.
+  * Audacious Media Player project switched to Hg recently.
+  * [[http://www.mozilla.org|Mozilla]] project will probably switch to Mercurial as their main VCS too.
-You must have fully read the main ["[[/VersionControl|VersionControl]]"] page for a set of requirements and processes currently used by the %%FreeBSD%% Project in its day-to-day operations, from basic VCS usage to release engineering.
+Some people are now converting entire repositories and exposes them to the world:
+  * %%FreeBSD%% has several converted repositories available.
+  * The %%FreeBSD%% doc/ tree, is available at an [[http://hg.hellug.gr/doc|alternative location]] too.  Contact: [[/GiorgosKeramidas|GiorgosKeramidas]].
+  * pkgsrc, the portable source-based package management used by %%NetBSD%% and available on several OS. Conversion is being handled by cvs20hg.
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+{{tag>Stale}}
+{{tag>Historical}}