Hi, On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, A Large Angry SCM wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > [...] > > Ok. So here is a revised roadmap that a panda brain (that is not so > > well working today due to fever) came up. > > > > - v1.5.4 will ship with gitexecdir=$(bindir) in Makefile. But the > > release notes for the version will warn users that: > > > > (1) using git-foo from the command line, and > > > > (2) using git-foo from your scripts without first prepending the > > return value of "git --exec-path" to the PATH > > > > is now officially deprecated (it has been deprecated for a long time > > since January 2006, v1.2.0~149) and upcoming v1.5.5 will ship with > > the default configuration that does not install git-foo form in > > user's PATH. > > > > If further will warn users that git-foo form will be removed in > > v1.5.6 for many commands and it will be merely an accident if some of > > them still work after that. > > > > - Post v1.5.4, start cooking gitexecdir=$(libexecdir)/git-core, aiming > > for inclusion in v1.5.5, perhaps in Feb-Mar 2008 timeframe. This > > will also affect the sample RPM spec and resulting RPM binary > > packages I will place on k.org, and I'll ask Gerrit to do the same on > > Debian side. The official binary packaging of individual distros are > > not under my control, but if there is a handy list of people I can > > send this notice to for other distros, that would help this process. > > > > - The release notes for v1.5.5 will warn users again that git-foo will > > be removed in v1.5.6 for many commands and it will be merely an > > accident if some of them still work. > > > > - Post v1.5.5, start cooking the change that does not install hardlinks > > for built-in commands, aiming for inclusion in v1.5.6, in May-Jun > > 2008 timeframe. > > Again, there needs to remain support in the Makefile to install the "dashed" > versions of the commands for those that want it; and be able to set > gitexecdir=$(binder) without editing the Makefile. Umm. Why? If there is no compelling reason (and you named none, but there were quite a few reasons against it), why should the Makefile support the dash form after 1.5.6? Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
