From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:20:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170125232051.GA25810@whir> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10319c47ff3f7222c3a601827ebd9398861d509d.1485363528.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were
> made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects
> between repositories.
>
> Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism.
>
> Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer
> offer it.
On the other hand, we have no idea if there are still people
using it for whatever reason...
I suggest we have a deprecation period where:
1) there is warning message when it's run
2) a note in the manpage indicating it's to-be-removed
3) ...then wait a few distro LTS cycles to remove it entirely
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-25 23:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-25 16:58 [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-25 21:13 ` Jeff King
2017-01-25 21:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-25 23:20 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2017-01-26 12:17 ` Johannes Schindelin
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