Jimit Bhalavat <jimit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hello Junio, Sorry, I read the message twice but I am not sure what you expect out of me. We usually do not evaluate a proposal only from its "design document" in the sense that we won't say neither "such a proposal is great" or "we won't accept such a proposal" until we actually see patches. It is a good idea to have a written design as it may help reviewers when they review patch submission. > 5. All of these changes will make sure that we maintain > backwards compatibility. We are aiming to deprecate things a > little but old options will not stop working. We will > preserve existing behavior. That is always a requirement by our project so it goes without saying ;-) but it is good to see the promise written down.