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Sun Mar 6 17:19:48 CET 2011 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-March/108811.html

On 06.03.2011 17:10, R. David Murray wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:11:24 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:52:08 +1000
>> > Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm actually OK with the status quo, but if we were going to change
>> >> it, I would continue to leave (default) out.
>> >>
>> >> Completely unqualified =3D cpython default
>> >> Only branch name =3D cpython branch
>> >> Only repository name =3D other repository default
>> >> repository name and branch name =3D other repository branch
>> >
>> > Well, I'm not sure, but the regularity of the "cpython" prefixes makes
>> > it easier to distinguish cpython commits from non-cpython ones IMO.
>> 
>> It's a mental pattern matching thing - word layout is noticed before
>> word content.
> 
> Um, yes, that's why having cpython in there makes it easier to recognize
> cpython commits when scanning a list of subjects.

+1 for keeping "cpython".

It's much shorter than "rXXXXX - in python/branches/py3k" anyway, so I
don't see what's so bad about 7 helpful characters.

Georg

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