"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
>> * According to the roadmap we exchanged earlier, this should happen in a
>> major release (that increments the second dewey-decimal digit from the
>> left) that ships at least 6 months after 1.5.6.1 and 1.6.0 (which will
>> have the "git daemon preparation" patch included) are released.
>
> Agreed about holding back.
>
> But I wonder if this patch is even worth it at some later point
> in time. Are we also going to change git-daemon to stop accepting
> "git-" form? Is it a worthwhile change?
This was merely responding to...
From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Keep some git-* programs in $(bindir)
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:37:41 -0400
Message-ID: <20080625043741.GD11793@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> Should they use "git upload-pack" or should they look for their helper
> programs in a libexec dir? I don't think that either of these programs is
> useful to run independantly, but I don't know if finding a program that
> doesn't go in $PATH on a remote machine is going to be any fun.
IMHO they should in the future use "git upload-pack".
I do not mind not doing this at all. Remember, I am the one with more
inertia than anybody else here (holding back backward incompatible
innovations is what maintainers do).
Oh, that inertia does not have much to do with actual body weight, if
anybody is wondering ;-)
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