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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>,
	Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>,
	Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Subject: Re: [GSoC update] Sequencer for inclusion
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:58:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110712055817.GA10169@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vpqlgbjmd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:

> After all, this series was labeled "for inclusion", not an RFC, which
> would mean the submitter, helpers, and reviewers all made reasonable
> effort to perfect the series to their ability, no?

Yep, that is how I interpret the subject line, too.

Wow, the series has been through a lot of iterations.  I finally found
a moment to dig up the ones I replied to (a full list would be harder
since search.gmane.org is still down).  Maybe they can save others
some time, too.

 - RFC: Sequencer Foundations [1]
   The basic themes are introduced and Daniel explains the
   two-levels concept.

 - Sequencer Foundations[2]
   Basic discussion of the purpose of die()-to-error() conversion and
   the suggestion of an almost crash-only design to avoid some of its
   problems.

 - Better error handling around revert[3]
   A quick discussion of die() versus assert() and how to unwind
   after errors.

 - Sequencer Foundations v3, v4[4]
   Capturing globals in a struct.  Whether to save error codes before
   propagating them (versus the simpler "return -1").  Another round
   of die()-to-error() versus crash-only code.  Pacing and the idea of
   merging bit-by-bit.

 - Implementing --abort processing[5][6]
   UI design is difficult.  The easiest way is to teach the porcelain
   to do what you were doing by hand already.

 - Sequencer with continuation features[7]
   Commit messages.  Variable names.  commit_list_append().  It seems
   we are closing in.

 - Sequencer: the insn sheet format[8]
   Various loose ends: i18n, commit messages, relationship between
   breakage of scripts and workflows and the need to patch tests, the
   "me" variable, advise(), variable names.

I suspect that getting the workarounds that keep existing scripts
working will take another round.  However, some of the early patches
might be ready.  My review will focus on that possibility.

Ram, thanks for your hard work.

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/171255
[2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/173408
[3] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/174043/focus=174050
[4] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/174393/focus=174540
[5] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/174874
[6] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/175638
[7] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/176139
[8] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/176647

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-12  5:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-11 14:53 [GSoC update] Sequencer for inclusion Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 01/17] advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflict Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 02/17] revert: Inline add_message_to_msg function Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 16:53   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13  6:00     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-13  6:42       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-19 16:36         ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-19 16:52           ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-19 17:08             ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-19 19:36           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-20  5:32             ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 03/17] revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encoding Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 16:59   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13  6:14     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-13  6:30       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 04/17] revert: Rename no_replay to record_origin Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 17:02   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13  7:35     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 19:36       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 05/17] revert: Propogate errors upwards from do_pick_commit Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 17:32   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-17 10:46     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 16:59       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-19 10:09         ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 06/17] revert: Eliminate global "commit" variable Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 17:45   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13  6:57     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-13  7:10       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13  8:33         ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-13 16:40           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 07/17] revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line options Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 18:05   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13  7:56     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:53 ` [PATCH 08/17] revert: Separate cmdline parsing from functional code Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 18:20   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-18 20:53     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-18 21:03       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 09/17] revert: Don't create invalid replay_opts in parse_args Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 20:44   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-12  5:57     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 18:29   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-17 11:56     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 18:43       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 10/17] sequencer: Announce sequencer state location Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 18:56   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-13 12:10     ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-07-17 16:23       ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 19:19         ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-18 19:44           ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 11/17] revert: Save data for continuing after conflict resolution Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 21:01   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-11 21:31     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-12  5:43     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 19:37   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-17 11:48     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 18:40       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-18 19:31         ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-19 12:21           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-19 12:34             ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 12/17] revert: Save command-line options for continuing operation Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 21:15   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-12  5:56     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 19:52   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-18 20:18     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 13/17] revert: Introduce a layer of indirection over pick_commits Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 20:03   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-18 21:24     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 14/17] reset: Make hard reset remove the sequencer state Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 20:15   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-17 16:40     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 15/17] revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pending Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 19:58   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-12  6:26     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 16/17] revert: Introduce --reset to remove sequencer state Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 20:30   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-17 17:10     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 19:25       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 14:54 ` [PATCH 17/17] revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12 20:46   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-17 16:11     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-17 18:32       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-18 20:00         ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-18 20:09           ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 17:17 ` [GSoC update] Sequencer for inclusion Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-11 17:57   ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 20:05     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 20:11     ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-07-12  7:05     ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-11 20:07   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-11 22:14     ` Jeff King
2011-07-12  6:41       ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12  6:47         ` Jeff King
2011-07-13  9:41           ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-13 19:07             ` Jeff King
2011-07-18 21:37               ` [RFC PATCH] config: Introduce functions to write non-standard file Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-18 23:54                 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-07-19  8:52                   ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2011-07-12  5:58     ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2011-07-12  6:28   ` [GSoC update] Sequencer for inclusion Miles Bader

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