Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > This patch series marks the '4' in the countdown to speed up rebase -i > by implementing large parts in C (read: there will be three more patch > series after that before the full benefit hits git.git: sequencer-i, > rebase--helper and rebase-i-extra). > ... > It would be *really* nice if we could get this patch series at least into > `next` soon, as it gets late and later for the rest of the patches to make > it into `master` in time for v2.11 (and it is not for lack of trying on my > end...). This "countdown 4" step can affect cherry-pick and revert, even though we were careful to review changes to the sequencer.c code. I prefer to cook it in 'next' sufficiently long to ensure that we hear feedbacks from non-Windows users if there is any unexpected breakage. There isn't enough time to include this topic in the upcoming release within the current https://tinyurl.com/gitCal calendar, however, which places the final on Nov 11th. I am wondering if it makes sense to delay 2.11 by moving the final by 4 weeks to Dec 9th. Thoughts? Speaking of what to and not to include in the upcoming release, we do want to include Stefan's off-by-one fix to the submodule-helper, but that is blocked on Windows end due to the test. I think everybody agreed that a longer time "right thing to do" fix is to address the "when base is /path/to/dir/., where is ../sub relative to it?" issue, but if we are to do so, it would need a longer gestation period once it hits 'next', as it can affect the current users and we may even need B/C notes in the release notes for the change. Giving ourselves a few more weeks of breathing room would help us to make sure the fix to relative URL issue is sound, too. As to "countdown 3" and below steps, I am guessing that some of them can start cooking in 'next' before 2.11, but even with lengthened schedule, it is likely that they need to cook there beyond the end of this cycle, unless they are truly trivial changes that do not even need any reviews. Thanks.