Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:38:51AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> > Which means what? Local clone with shortcut (hardlinking and remotes)?
> > Dumb protocols (http, ftp, rsync)?
> 
> Right, or simply shared repo over NFS or the like.
> 
> The 1.5.5 release notes will contain a note reminding people to set the 
> corresponding config variables if they wish to retain the legacy 
> behaviors.

	We've seen that release notes are a poor way to communicate
this.  What will happen to a 1.4.4 user when they try to access the
repository?  Corruption, cryptic error message, or clean "this repo is
not compatible" message?

Joel

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 help the rabbit."
	- R. E. Shay

Joel Becker
Principal Software Developer
Oracle
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Phone: (650) 506-8127
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