New Mercurial Website

[Peter Hosey]

On Nov 2, 2009, at 05:31:02, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> I ask only because in all of my Mercurial usage, I've only ever had  
> to use 'hg export' *once*.  In day-to-day usage, it's always push/ 
> pull.  Is that an anomaly?

I have no idea, but I can say that if a user doesn't want to or can't  
host a clone of your repository on their server, and doesn't want to  
set up a Bitbucket account (or doesn't have enough space left on it),  
pulling from them is not much of an option. The only way it could work  
is if they hg served and you pulled from their machine (probably by  
its IP address), but that will fail for many people because of NATs  
and other network defenses.

Furthermore, pulling only gets the changes into a single repository; a  
patch or changeset bundle can be sent to many people at once, and  
reviewed by some or all of them in parallel. The user could also  
attach it to a bug ticket, or post it on a dedicated review system  
such as Review Board or the one on Google Code Hosting.