From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: A shortcoming of the git repo format Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:59:19 -0700 Message-ID: <426FFD27.4030604@zytor.com> References: <200504272049.NAA14598@emf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 27 22:57:56 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DQtar-0001K5-Ba for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:57:13 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262015AbVD0VB5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:01:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262012AbVD0U77 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:59:59 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([209.128.68.124]:51133 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262019AbVD0U72 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:59:28 -0400 Received: from [10.4.1.13] (yardgnome.orionmulti.com [209.128.68.65]) (authenticated bits=0) by terminus.zytor.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3RKxPaS012001 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:59:25 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.2 (X11/20050324) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: Tom Lord In-Reply-To: <200504272049.NAA14598@emf.net> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on terminus.zytor.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Tom Lord wrote: > > I think one has to understand Linus' posts as coming from the > "head-down, steaming ahead for *MY* project cause you all suck" > perspective and impose corresponding filters on his declarations of > "LAW". At least that's the only way *I* can make sense of his latest > contributions. > > If you get git, just do the right thing -- Linus be damned. > It's fair for Linus to want to make things behave a certain way in a project. There are design decisions which have tradeoffs both ways -- robust (but subject to partial information issues) versus brittle (but safe.) That's part of why I prefer to ask first. -hpa