Hi, On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Jeff King wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:53:42AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > If only somebody had written a "pager.status" configuration variable, > > > you could use that. Oh wait. I did. And it shipped in v1.6.0. > > > > And it makes things inconsistent. That is why I do not use it. > > Then you can not use this configuration variable, too. Has the existence > of pager.status, since you do not use it, been a problem for you so far? No, since none of the people I helped use it. > > Do you work on 10 different computers? I do. And nothing is more > > unnerving than the same command producing something different on the > > different computers. > > Yes, as a matter of fact, I do work on 10 different computers. I'm sorry > that you find managing your configuration so challenging. But if you > don't use the configuration variable, then your own personal setup is > totally irrelevant. As I just demonstrated, this is a false statement. > If your argument is that this lack of consistency will irritate users, > you need to show that: > > 1. There are users who switch between a large number of setups, but > will not apply config consistently. This is a strawman, and you should be ashamed to put it here. Just because nobody does what you actively encourage does not mean that the encouraged procedure is good, or for that matter, helps anybody but you. Just think about it. If you plan to change the side cars are supposed to drive on, it is not enough to have a nice cozy committee deciding on it in some little room somewhere in Wyoming. Especially not if they decide that you can drive on the other side if you put a sticker "I am a right-wing driver" on your car. It is inconsistent, and it is violating the law of the least surprise. > And the GitTogether had a "users complain about git, and we try to > listen" session. Oh, that makes me so happy. <sarcasm>Soooo happy</sarcasm>. So it was an ivory tower meeting, once again? Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html