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From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2014, #09; Tue, 29)
Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 14:39:21 -0500
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Having said that, I agree with the conclusion of your message:
> 
> > There is a different level of urgency between "you cannot use this
> > new feature until you update Git" and "if you update Mercurial then
> > the remote helper will stop working", and that's why I think the
> > remote helpers may benefit from a separate release schedule.

The conclusion is correct, the premises are not.

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Felipe Contreras