From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: document error handling functions and conventions (Re: [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 18:44:33 -0500 Message-ID: <20141204234432.GA29953@peff.net> References: <20141117233525.GC4336@google.com> <20141118004841.GE4336@google.com> <20141203050217.GJ6527@google.com> <20141203051344.GM6527@google.com> <20141204030133.GA16345@google.com> <20141204234147.GF16345@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Junio C Hamano , Stefan Beller , git@vger.kernel.org, Michael Haggerty To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Dec 05 00:44:44 2014 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 1Xwg4f-0005lK-1a for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:44:41 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933364AbaLDXoh (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2014 18:44:37 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:48653 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S933119AbaLDXog (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Dec 2014 18:44:36 -0500 Received: (qmail 27044 invoked by uid 102); 4 Dec 2014 23:44:36 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.1) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:44:36 -0600 Received: (qmail 10689 invoked by uid 107); 4 Dec 2014 23:44:38 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:44:38 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:44:33 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141204234147.GF16345@google.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 03:41:47PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Jonathan Nieder writes: > > >> Here's a draft for documentation on that. > > > > Thanks; looks reasonable; even if the discussion between you and > > Peff took us to a slightly different direction than what you > > described here, the earlier description of long established practice > > is a welcome addition. > > I think I see what I misunderstood. Do you mean "even if we settle on > a different API, this documentation of what you started with should be > easy to adapt and will make life easier"? > > In other words, did you mean to say that things are still up in the > air (which I agree with) or that the project has already settled on a > different direction (which I do not)? FWIW, that is how I read it (up in the air), and where I thought our discussion was. -Peff