Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 9:15 AM Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 8:56 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > > [...] >> > I vaguely recall there were folks who didn't like the change of >> > default the last time you brought this topic up. Convincing them is >> > not my job---it is yours. Mine has been to help prepare the code >> > ready for public consumption when that happens. >> >> That's a surprise to me; I don't remember anyone bringing that up, >> ever. Did I somehow miss it?? I'd be happy to talk to anyone and >> hear their concerns if they do hold such an opinion. Over the last >> year or so both Stolee and Victoria have suggested such a change or >> said they wondered why I didn't include such a change with other >> sparse-checkout changes we were making, and I mentioned a few times I >> thought it'd be a good future plan and finally submitted it. To the >> best of my memory, no one ever offered a counter opinion. >> >> Are you perhaps mixing this up with the case where people brought up >> concerns with suggested tab-completion changes? That's the only other >> related series recently where folks brought up concerns with suggested >> changes. > > So, I did a few searches through the list history for anyone that may > have commented on cone mode as default. The only comments I can find > are Stolee, Victoria, Lessley, and I being in favor. OK, so I misremembered. Let's hope that the list subscriber base is wide enough and those who will be affected are all in favor, and see how the reception by those who are not on the list goes. Hopefully some organizations may have a canary channel for their users to try out something based on 'next', and we will hear from them, either positive or negative, about their experience.
