Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:
> Hi Junio,
>
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > It served its purpose, but now we have a builtin difftool. Time for the
>> > Perl script to enjoy Florida.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx>
>> > ---
>>
>> The endgame makes a lot of sense. Both in the cover letter and in
>> the previous patch you talk about having both in the released
>> version, so do you want this step to proceed slower than the other
>> two?
>
> I did proceed that slowly. Already three Git for Windows versions have
> been released with both.
>
> But I submitted this iteration with this patch, so my intent is clearly to
> retire the Perl script.
Ok, I was mostly reacting to 2/3 while I am reading it:
The reason: this new, experimental, builtin difftool will be shipped as
part of Git for Windows v2.11.0, to allow for easier large-scale
testing, but of course as an opt-in feature.
as there is no longer an opportunity to participate in this opt-in
testing, unless 3/3 is special cased and delayed.