From: Alp Toker <alp@atoker.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Install built-ins as symlinks
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:58:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44B3BC94.3000204@atoker.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0607111614550.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> Doing this now will save headache in the long run, avoiding mismatched
>> versions of installed utilities and dangling copies of removed or
>> renamed git commands that still appear to work. It also makes screwups
>> when packaging git or making system backups less likely.
>
> Could we please fix things, which are broken? Not things which work?
There are maybe a dozen arguments for and against the use of symlinks
here, some of which Andreas has helpfully explained in his reply. You,
on the other hand, have managed not to mention a single one of them.
If you don't have the technical background to review a certain patch,
please don't add to the noise.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-11 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-11 10:19 [PATCH] Typo fix Alp Toker
2006-07-11 10:19 ` [PATCH] gitweb: Send XHTML as 'application/xhtml+xml' where possible Alp Toker
2006-07-11 10:19 ` [PATCH] gitweb: Include a site name in page titles Alp Toker
2006-07-11 10:19 ` [PATCH] gitweb: Use the git binary in the search path by default Alp Toker
2006-07-11 10:19 ` [PATCH] git-send-email: Remove redundant Reply-To header Alp Toker
2006-07-11 10:19 ` [PATCH] Install built-ins as symlinks Alp Toker
2006-07-11 11:15 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-07-11 14:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-07-11 14:58 ` Alp Toker [this message]
2006-07-11 18:02 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-07-11 18:48 ` Petr Baudis
2006-07-12 0:01 ` Alex Riesen
2006-07-11 18:36 ` Petr Baudis
2006-07-11 19:56 ` [PATCH] gitweb: Use the git binary in the search path by default Junio C Hamano
2006-07-11 11:48 ` [PATCH] gitweb: Include a site name in page titles Martin Langhoff
2006-07-11 19:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-07-11 22:37 ` [PATCH] Typo fix Pavel Roskin
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