Hi, On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > On Jul 11, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > >On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Steffen Prohaska wrote: > > > > >I decided to stop queuing changes in 4msysgit. Instead I'd like to > > >bring the diff between Junio's and 4msysgit's master to zero. This > > >seems to be achievable after Junio merged Hannes' MinGW changes. > > > > > >I think all Windows-related changes to the git code base could be > > >discussed directly on the main git list and the msysgit list would be > > >reserved for the MinGW/MSYS runtime environment and the installer. > > > >I disagree. Judging from the mails I read on the git list, Junio gets > >really swamped by patches these days (what with our very productive GSoC > >students). > > Sending the patches to the git list does not necessarily mean that > they are directly addressed to Junio. We discuss JGIT, EGIT, gitk, > and git gui patches on the list too. AFAIK, none of them are applied > by Junio directly but by the respective maintainers. We could handle > Windows-related patches similarly. Then what is the msysGit list about? No, I really disagree. Windows support is too large a thing, and partly a too disgusting one to bother the git list. > >I really think that we should discuss the patches on the msysGit list > >first, whip them into shape, and then send them off. > > > >Just think of those patches that were sent off, only to realize that > >they were no longer needed. That should not have happened. > > I intentionally sent the patches to show and discuss the differences > between the state of the MinGW port in Junio's master and in 4msysgit. > Some of the patches could be reverted in 4msysgit. But, at least one > patch was unrelated to MinGW and is now in master. Some other patches > need more work and are currently improved. I think this was not a waste > of time. IMO we could have discussed first what is the current state on the msysGit list, and I would have commented there already on the patches that I think would no longer be needed. Then the patch would have been sent off, and be in master, too. The difference: it would have been more efficient. Those people who can test if something is still needed on Windows are on the msysGit list. We do not really need to clutter git@vger more than necessary. 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
