Re: [PATCH 0/4] Move git-p4import into contrib directory.

[Scott Lamb <slamb@slamb.org>]

Sean wrote:
> Hi Junio,
> 
> Having caught up on some list emails, it appears that Git now has a
> much better option for importing from Perforce in the git-p4 front
> end to fast-import.
> 
> Is there anyone out there actually even using git-p4import?  It was
> written for a very specific case, by a git wannabe hacker who had
> never used Perforce before, and not intended for inclusion in Git
> proper...
> 
> My guess is that it could be removed outright without pain to anyone,
> but as a first step, it could be moved into contrib for 1.5.3.

I vote for removing it immediately. It has serious bugs - e.g.,
incremental mode is totally broken. I sent in a patch a month ago to fix
this particular bug, which remains unapplied. Now that git-p4 has made
it into git.git, I don't think anyone - myself included - is interested
in creating or merging git-p4import.py fixes. Keeping git-p4import.py in
this broken state just wastes the time of anyone unlucky enough to see
it first.

Best regards,
Scott

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