Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > If we force --upload-pack workaround to _everybody_ we are already lost. > > > > Also I think the previous one still lets you work it around by giving a > > full path, like "/usr/local/bin/git-upload-pack", because "/usr" does not > > match "git-" ;-) > > Ok, let's map this out seriously. This plan makes a lot of sense to me. I'm behind it. For whatever that means. At least I'll shutup and stop making noise about this issue if you take this approach. :-) > * 1.6.0 will install the server-side programs in $(bindir) so that > people coming over ssh will find them on the $PATH > > * In 1.6.0 (and 1.5.6.1), we will change "git daemon" to accept both > "git-program" and "git program" forms. When the spaced form is used, it > will behave as if the dashed form is requested. This is a prerequisite > for client side change to start asking for "git program". > > * In the near future, there will no client-side change. "git-program" > will be asked for. > > * 6 months after 1.6.0 ships, hopefully all the deployed server side will > be running that version or newer. Client side will start asking for > "git program" by default, but we can still override with --upload-pack > and friends. > > * 12 months after client side changes, everybody will be running that > version or newer. We stop installing the server side programs in > $(bindir) but people coming over ssh will be asking for "git program" > and "git" will be on the $PATH so there is no issue. > > The above 6 and 12 are yanked out of thin air and I am of course open to > tweaking them, but I think the above order of events would be workable. Yea, 6 and 12 seem like a good idea. Its a couple of releases and gives people time to migrate their server installations. -- Shawn. -- 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
