On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 10:04 PM <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On December 9, 2024 11:15 AM, Usman Akinyemi wrote: > >Thank you to everyone who participated in this discussion. I am Usman Akinyemi, > >one of the two selected Outreachy interns. I have been selected to work on the > >project “Finish adding an 'os-version' > >capability to Git protocol v2,” which involves implementing the features discussed in > >this thread. > > > >You can find the full discussion about my proposal for this project > >here: https://public-inbox.org/git/CAPSxiM_rvt-tkQjHYmYNv- > >Wyr0=X4+123dt=vZKtc++PGRjQMQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > >In summary, this is an outline of my proposal and what I plan to implement, which > >has been influenced by the discussion in this thread: > > > >- Send only the OS name by default while allowing a knob (custom > >configuration) to specify other information (e.g., version details) and disable > >sending OS names and any other information entirely. > > > >After discussing with my mentor, @Christian, we think that adding this as a new > >capability (os-version) is a better option compared to appending it to the user- > >agent. This ensures that we do not disrupt people's scripts that collect statistics > >from the user-agent or perform other actions. > > > >Intentions of implementing this project: > >- For statistical purposes. > >- Most importantly, for security and debugging purposes. This will allow servers to > >instruct users to upgrade or perform specific debugging actions when necessary. > > > >For example:- > >A server seeing that a client is using an old Git version that has security issues on > >one platform, like MacOS, could check if the user is indeed running MacOS before > >sending it a message to upgrade. > > > >Also a server seeing a client that could benefit from an upgrade, for example for > >performance reasons, could better customize the message it sends to the client to > >nudge it to upgrade. If the client is on Windows for example the server could send it > >a link to https://gitforwindows.org/ as part of the message. > > > >Please, if anyone has any suggestion or addition or concerns that might, kindly add. > >Thank you very much. > Hello Randall, > Is this build-time or runtime? If run-time, please make sure the code is portable or provides > hooks so that non-linux systems can contribute content. > Thanks for pointing this out. Yeah, the aim is to have it at runtime and to have hooks that can be used by non-linux systems. Thank you. Usman. > Thanks, > Randall > > -- > Brief whoami: NonStop&UNIX developer since approximately > UNIX(421664400) > NonStop(211288444200000000) > -- In real life, I talk too much. > > >
