# HG changeset patch # User Jim Hague # Date 1229895578 0 # Node ID ee7f1e2c01a6e3efd57a57472b9543bf7d24b78a # Parent 608947872f72f01dd6d9c6fd9df8c76d19186d56 Expand slightly on simplicity section of 'Why Mercurial'. I didn't explain my users were used to SVN only. diff -r 608947872f72 -r ee7f1e2c01a6 Hg.txt --- a/Hg.txt Thu Dec 11 11:17:15 2008 +0000 +++ b/Hg.txt Sun Dec 21 21:39:38 2008 +0000 @@ -63,12 +63,14 @@ stubbornly still supplies only Python 2.3. Mercurial requires Python 2.3 or greater, and uses some C for speed. -o Simplicity. From the command line, Mercurial's core operations will -be familiar to a Subversion user. This is also true of Bazaar, but was -less true of Git. Git has improved in this matter since then, but a Mr -Winder of this parish tells me that it's still possible to seriously -embarass yourself. There was also a lack of Windows support for Git at -the time. +o Simplicity. My users used Subversion daily, but did not generally +have much experience with other VCS. From the command line, +Mercurial's core operations will be familiar to a Subversion +user. This is also true of Bazaar, but was less true of Git. Git has +improved in this matter since then, but a Mr Winder of this parish +tells me that it's still possible to seriously embarass +yourself. There was also a lack of Windows support for Git at the +time. o Speed. Mercurial is fast. In the same ballpark as Git. Bazaar wasn't, and although it has improved significantly, has, in my