Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> While I think it would make it easier for people to experiment and >> build on if the topic is merged to 'next', I am at the same time a >> bit reluctant to merge an unproven new topic that introduces a new >> file format, which we may end up having to support til the end of >> time. It is likely that to support a "prime clone from CDN", it >> would need a lot more than just "these are the heads and the pack >> data is over there", so this may not be sufficient. >> >> Will discard. > > You could mark it as experimental, subject to change, and merge it to > `next` safely. Are you planning, or do you know somebody who plans to use that code soonish? Otherwise I'd prefer to drop it---at this point, the series is merely "just because we can", not "because we need it to further improve this or that".