On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 6:06:13 PM MST Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Stephen P. Smith" <ischis2@xxxxxxx> writes: > > On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 2:00:16 AM MST Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> [Stalled] > >> > >> * lt/date-human (2018-07-09) 1 commit > >> > >> - Add 'human' date format > >> > >> A new date format "--date=human" that morphs its output depending > >> on how far the time is from the current time has been introduced. > >> "--date=auto" can be used to use this new format when the output is > >> goint to the pager or to the terminal and otherwise the default > >> format. > > > > What needs to be done with this patch to move it along? > > In a random order as they come to my mind: > > - Support by people other than the original author; I was trying to decide if you were wanting someone besides Linus to carry this through (knowing that he was unlikely to do so). The idea seems reasonable to me. I don't mind doing so if neither of you object. > > - Deciding what to call this (i.e. Linus's personal preference > would not be the only 'human' style, but we may declare it is > good enough as "a" human format, not "the" human format); > > - Some mechanism (either technical or documentation) to prevent > endless stream of "I like human output, but I'd tweak it slightly > this way" updates in the future; > > - Doc; > > - Command line completion; > > - Tests; > > - Waiting for the end of feature freeze before the upcoming > release. > > There may be others, but without all of the above, I'd feel a bit > uncomfortable. > I wouldn't think this would go in now since the patch has been stalled for months. It is also on the pu branch. > > I see that both Linus and Junio have signed the patch. > > That does not assert that the code is desirable thing to add. It > just says we made sure that we legally have rights to include it, if > we want to. Picking up someones stalled patch is one thing, picking up Linus' patch is in a different league.
