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On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 07:41:00PM +0100, demerphq wrote:
> Well, the counter  arguments are:
> 
> No back-compat layer for older gits. Tight binding to a particular git
> - no availability of upgrades independent of upgrading git.

I don't understand this one. Why do you need independent upgrades here?
Since Git.pm comes with git core, the installed version of Git.pm should
always match the installed version of git.

> No
> availability or review of the module on the standard venues for doing
> so for Perl modules. CPAN, CPANTESTERS, smoke reports, etc.

A module on CPAN has better tests for perl integration.
A module in git-core has better tests for git integration.

You trade one for the other. The question is which is more critical. IMHO,
git-integration is more critical.