Possible mercurial regression: `hg` command timeout

[webknjaz]

I haven't looked into it but since this hasn't happened before, I assume it's something new in the 9.x series: https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinxcontrib-towncrier/actions/runs/17045897453/job/48321560861#step:16:228.

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

it still regularly happens on load (its why there is the so called broken timeout for github actions having funky hg timing

still sometimes its overstepped (sometimes it just hangs for 15 minutes straight)

[webknjaz]

Any way to disable hg?