Mercurial 1.0 released

> Linus is actually using git to maintain the kernel which is the biggest 
open source project in existance, with the fastest development rate and 
the highest number of developers. Also, linus has extreme experience in 
the coordination of tons of patches from thousands of different people

Which means that speed & merging are the main priorities for Linux kernel 
and therefore for Git.  Other projects have other priorities.


> Given this situation where a lead developer of the VCS is also the lead 
developer of the largest OSS project
[...]
> I think this is a pretty good, in-depth, comparison :)

It's somewhat inaccurate. Linus did the initial Git development, but he 
isn't maintaining it.