Hi Junio, On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > 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. Yep, as Git for Windows v2.11.0 is yesteryear's news, it was probably obvious to you that I simply failed to spot and fix that oversight. Ciao, Johannes