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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Dan Wang <dwwang@google.com>,
	Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>,
	Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 0/4] Push options
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:50:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160714185037.GG16497@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kaj2vfvS3RXCWqkZNdF7UkjAuv_J00kENPjz7SNTUV7BQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:48:58AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:

> > Hmm. So that is a downside for people who have implemented separate
> > DoS protection only in that upgrading git will open a new "hole"
> > that they need to plug. But that is their problem, not upstream
> > git's.
> >
> > -Peff
> 
> But this is not specific to DoS protection, but like most features.
> Just look at the vendors using linux that think carrying patches out
> of tree for their special snowflake hardware is cheaper than getting
> it upstream.... (This is not to be read as a snarky comment, but
> rather as a pointer to the similarity of the mechanisms involved).
> Although I cannot tell offhand another feature that would easily break
> downstream customization.

Right. I was serious when I said "their problem, not git's".

Most features are a little better off in that they are not a possible
negative for somebody downstream to receive them. But again, I don't
think that needs to restrict what git releases.

-Peff

      reply	other threads:[~2016-07-14 18:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-14 17:39 [PATCHv5 0/4] Push options Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 17:39 ` [PATCH 1/4] push options: {pre,post}-receive hook learns about push options Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 17:39 ` [PATCH 2/4] receive-pack: implement advertising and receiving " Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 18:38   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-14 19:00     ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 19:07       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-14 19:45         ` Jeff King
2016-07-14 20:07           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-14 17:39 ` [PATCH 3/4] push: accept " Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 17:39 ` [PATCH 4/4] add a test for " Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 18:41 ` [PATCHv5 0/4] Push options Jeff King
2016-07-14 18:48   ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-14 18:50     ` Jeff King [this message]

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