Felipe Contreras wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > I do not see a strong reason to move it out of contrib, either. > > Really? So why did you say this?[2] > > > > Either way, I think if things go well, remote-hg will prove it's > > > worth and move out of contrib and into git's core. > > > > That was what you promised when we started carrying it in contrib/; I > > am still hoping to see it happen when it matures. > > Jeff said the same thing when he was acting as maintainer[3], and you > didn't correct him: > > > I would one day like to have it as part of the main distribution, too, > > but it would be nice to prove its worth in the field for a while > > first. > > All this time I've been operating under the impression that once > git-remote-hg proved itself, it would graduate out of contrib. > > So basically you tricked me, and I wasted insane amounts of time chasing > a target that was impossible to reach. Even contrib/README says so: I expect that things that start their life in the contrib/ area to graduate out of contrib/ once they mature, either by becoming projects on their own, or moving to the toplevel directory. On the other hand, I expect I'll be proposing removal of disused and inactive ones from time to time. -- Felipe Contreras -- 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