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
  • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
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    1 year ago

    Wierd that they’d switch to GitHub though, ideologically at least, I would think they’d host their own servers and, at most, have a mirror on GitHub

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s basically what the GitHub repo will be, a mirror from which people can download the latest code. Mozilla dev flow does not use GitHub infrastructure and they don’t plan to.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think the trouble is when users start committing to git, they can’t really be mirrors because each one needs to combine the inputs from both. A mirror would be just a copy of one to the other, this is a constant merging exercise which requires significantly more effort.