From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D0BA1F6DC for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752690AbdAYXUx (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:20:53 -0500 Received: from dcvr.yhbt.net ([64.71.152.64]:51172 "EHLO dcvr.yhbt.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751255AbdAYXUw (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:20:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4414E1F6DC; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:20:51 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:20:51 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command Message-ID: <20170125232051.GA25810@whir> References: <10319c47ff3f7222c3a601827ebd9398861d509d.1485363528.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <10319c47ff3f7222c3a601827ebd9398861d509d.1485363528.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were > made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects > between repositories. > > Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism. > > Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer > offer it. On the other hand, we have no idea if there are still people using it for whatever reason... I suggest we have a deprecation period where: 1) there is warning message when it's run 2) a note in the manpage indicating it's to-be-removed 3) ...then wait a few distro LTS cycles to remove it entirely