Hi, On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:57:56PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Petr Baudis wrote: > > > I'm saying this because I believe the best conservative upper bound for > > backwards compatibility is Git version in Debian stable. It gets > > probably the most stale from all the widely used software distributions > > using Git, and it *is* quite widely used. Etch carries v1.4.4.4, which > > fails miserably on the new packs. > > Can't we just hit Debian's Git maintainer with a clue bat or a bus, > whichever is easier, and force them to upgrade _in_ Etch? It's not like > we haven't had _several_ stable releases in-between. the whole point of having a stable distribution is that random version upgrades don't happen under your hands; sure, 1.4.4.4 can have plenty of bugs, but it's buggy in a well-defined way, which is better than upgrade to newer stable version, which may be less buggy, but in a different way; also, by upgrading to newer version you might find various subtle compatibility issues, etc. Upgrading to newer version, *especially* if it's over then 1.4 - 1.5 boundary, is not something you could seriously expect Debian to do. At least I actually _hope_ so, as a sysadmin of a network of 40 etch workstations. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. -- A. Pierce -- 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
