Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > I don't think that is a good idea. If we stop installing p4, the result > is that _nobody_ will ever run the tests at all. The tests, and by > extension git-p4 itself, would start to bitrot and we wouldn't notice > any kind of regressions at all anymore. > > If we want to consider going down that route, I'd rather say we should > do it all or nothing: either we rip out git-p4 and the tests, or we > leave both of them in. I couldn't care less about git-p4 itself, so I > would not mind ripping it out altogether. But there may be users of this > script out there that do care, so I don't want to make that decision > unilaterally. Yup, I was actually interpreting Dscho's message as advocating the removal of "git p4". Such a move would certainly force people who do care about it to come out. It is up to them to volunteer to help maintaining "git p4". This may be a good example to discuss "support policy" not on niche platforms but on niche features (Emily Cc'ed). Thanks.
