Re: [sage-devel] remove misc/darcs.py in Sage 5.0?

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David Kirkby

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Jun 17, 2010, 4:04:15 AM6/17/10

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On 17 June 2010 08:42, Minh Nguyen <nguye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> The file misc/darcs.py was meant to serve as an interface to the Darcs
> source code version control system, back in the old days before Sage
> switched to using Mercurial. With the upcoming Sage 5.0 milestone, I
> think that module can be removed from the Sage library. I believe its
> removal would result in very minimal (next to zero?) hassle regarding
> issues of backward compatibility. If I understand the Mercurial log of
> the Sage library correctly, Sage hasn't been using Darcs for over 2
> years now, or even since February 2006.
>
> Any thoughts on removing misc/darcs.py in Sage 5.0?
>
> --
> Regards
> Minh Van Nguyen

It sounds very logical.

Dave

William Stein

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Jun 17, 2010, 5:03:20 AM6/17/10

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Yes, remove it.

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