From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Magnus =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=E4ck?= Subject: Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:39:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20121128153955.GA26588@google.com> References: <20121125024451.1ADD14065F@snark.thyrsus.com> <50B1F684.5020805@alum.mit.edu> <20121127143510.GA15831@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Michael Haggerty , "Eric S. Raymond" , git@vger.kernel.org To: Felipe Contreras X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Nov 28 16:40:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TdjkL-0002gV-HS for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:40:21 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754037Ab2K1PkA convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:40:00 -0500 Received: from mail-lb0-f202.google.com ([209.85.217.202]:52928 "EHLO mail-lb0-f202.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753224Ab2K1Pj7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:39:59 -0500 Received: by mail-lb0-f202.google.com with SMTP id i15so955160lbo.1 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:39:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=xt8NtjPZuje6hYuwhsm0zdbrlq0T4xDUPQ+Lk8brVMA=; b=HtHW/OyLaQyfPJA7YMWeyoDQjKcB5yKC+F1/mvqEA/CtXVjWTJyuuZJXTXN2+0fOxE +FGESXOQZF8Ei03jPyR10Zb788wtw8kZDdYjtukcNKvdIV2E0SCdoFGLxiOjMURNOpXS Cp7gJoh1MKQiBxNtnt0jgqUnCDfj7PEElQgh7bNYMppirZHXZq/oHciUjtpSFdduie7Y eTYfvVz7ODIFl8R0FZ6ESp5ygYnMJf8fDr9pEJQVBEeDXHILGgt7NQS2BEJFsKkBY2sQ BC/lliQHDd9U9P2pP5+SmdUmdsBfTxfKLGPm48TGiVBsbNtWGHjIL0rzQPob1fjWjv6+ xRkQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent:x-gm-message-state; bh=xt8NtjPZuje6hYuwhsm0zdbrlq0T4xDUPQ+Lk8brVMA=; b=o6Qszbxv9v+qhogjgNM5+Jg6MbJtDIEUQj6qWAxs7cJCmrfQDl5KYD+w/SaI5L4J+R SkGvqKmmr9TeVD5HXJjD+21X1RWe7P2VycPpy607wfTr6EkA9OBw6s5E2QaIw65/ht3o 2NRv4/ayfaFBQUseDHlHssQaNyC2EVQ6jNXVVh6n2PQ5xi4sBPkDreAS1DAolzreZMVN HEpQFTO8Gey2u+FVylqyhAH+r1y8q142tWCqY9Nyjrb3tceHA+BYaJEhB42UKCRfwreq /p/HmPNzOoqU+wmsw6sP8Hlyx4b2oUe8/fRlNahcyF89wxIm7VVppvrIW3RbtCv7RuAE RDNQ== Received: by 10.14.0.196 with SMTP id 44mr215279eeb.6.1354117197457; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:39:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from hpza10.eem.corp.google.com ([74.125.121.33]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u8si5272480een.1.2012.11.28.07.39.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA); Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:39:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from valle.nyc.corp.google.com (valle.nyc.corp.google.com [172.26.78.170]) by hpza10.eem.corp.google.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD92200057; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:39:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by valle.nyc.corp.google.com (Postfix, from userid 159662) id 728AE60FFE; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:39:56 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm2eedoUjTvUb+eHcsDRsKnC3ffLyjZp1j+AW4x/dyqWvYQrNk6PGRhIv/JsaqyDhVXvoQ5UYQ3fcibaP8QwJC1nT9fOt7rFYYUj1V4ol4ZgQiNspTfV5H+pAzM991tzbDBPmcrVncRNgEiIRPe1jgFKTQHoh9Cv3wQJGdua0w/i1bah6T/aaqxOR1kRdmwyLpKpP9b Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 19:10 EST, Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Magnus B=E4ck wro= te: > > > While "constant traffic" probably overstates the issue, these are > > not theoretical problems. I recall at least three cases in the last > > year or so where Git has seen breakage with Solaris or Mac OS X > > because of sed or tr incompatibilities, and I don't even read this > > list that thoroughly. > > Most of the *constant* traffic is about *theoretical* > incompatibilities, how much of that are real incompatibilities, it's > not known. _Some_ of the traffic is about real incompatibilities, > sure, but you could count only three cases *in a year*. It's not a > huge amount. And then, how man this year? > > Also, I would like references to those incompatibilities. I don't remember the details of the Mac OS X problem, but just searchin= g the archives for "xpg4" revealed the following Solaris problems since April: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/195010 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/195966 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/207944 --=20 Magnus B=E4ck baeck@google.com