From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Cc: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] Remove 'git archimport'
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 10:44:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlhuazw2c.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140509055024.GB30674@dcvr.yhbt.net> (Eric Wong's message of "Fri, 9 May 2014 05:50:24 +0000")
Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:
> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> No updates since 2010, and no tests.
>
> Who benefits from this removal? Is this causing a maintenance
> burden for Junio?
No. See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/248587
>> Plus, foreign SCM tools should live out-of-tree anyway.
>
> Even if so, there ought to be a transitionary period in case there are
> any users. We would need to warn potential users of its impending
> removal in the documentation and at runtime.
Yes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-09 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-09 1:33 [PATCH v1 0/2] Remove foreign SCMs Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 1:33 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] Remove 'git archimport' Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 5:50 ` Eric Wong
2014-05-09 7:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 8:15 ` Eric Wong
2014-05-09 8:36 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 8:59 ` Eric Wong
2014-05-09 9:20 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 14:54 ` Jeff King
2014-05-09 15:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 16:33 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 17:44 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-05-09 17:52 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 18:33 ` Thomas Adam
2014-05-09 19:21 ` Eric Wong
2014-05-09 22:01 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-13 18:16 ` Martin Langhoff
2014-05-13 18:01 ` Martin Langhoff
2014-05-13 18:05 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-13 18:17 ` Martin Langhoff
2014-05-13 18:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-13 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-09 1:33 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] Remove 'git quiltimport' Felipe Contreras
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