From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felipe Contreras Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] remote-hg: more improvements Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:23:36 -0500 Message-ID: <536c20084d92e_741a161d31094@nysa.notmuch> References: <1399169814-20201-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <536adf96f37ec_3caaa612ec69@nysa.notmuch> <536be16ba5ef1_3ce710a12ecdb@nysa.notmuch> <536c084ecb546_4f6fd2f30cdd@nysa.notmuch> <536c15cf8594b_6f3bb152ecb@nysa.notmuch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Felipe Contreras , Junio C Hamano , Felipe Contreras X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri May 09 02:34:41 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 1WiYln-000884-OI for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 09 May 2014 02:34:36 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753492AbaEIAe0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2014 20:34:26 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:53363 "EHLO mail-ob0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751625AbaEIAeZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2014 20:34:25 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f169.google.com with SMTP id vb8so4053354obc.28 for ; Thu, 08 May 2014 17:34:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hlx1l+A3qORJMcnWeP4Ry3yoJ/pNCOHVxSUIpKdyAVc=; b=bMzB0tl92XqKI+vKoptkP3S6QOryK/KVCgDj82KalDqJ6/LedMyS8LhI6A3zJ/TPPZ +L/IUYUO2W/ScVK2yWsh+MnvrFgQkGy6tIv9BD4M894ksADU0M4yLNqt0TAOOVKSXWSs MWHgJcDXttx+azmwmHsKzEELOaz5H3+WicMudxERQpHq/6HxPyCb77ZB40nOwJj9KW93 kzzTMFbqI++ORSmksl97XwyVk3UG2WPNISYqTDcdnuLEtnvn5IBVFX8IuMo1lJ795HmM EinSayhGoWSfFxvbsuL9K1I6hAT0FSWbkAWutyFkVY3MNuv1WQhaHJgkaZ6LS/vIgU8y 54ZQ== X-Received: by 10.182.225.163 with SMTP id rl3mr7947103obc.79.1399595665236; Thu, 08 May 2014 17:34:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (189-211-224-40.static.axtel.net. [189.211.224.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id zm8sm8572obc.16.2014.05.08.17.34.22 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 08 May 2014 17:34:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <536c15cf8594b_6f3bb152ecb@nysa.notmuch> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Felipe Contreras wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > I do not see a strong reason to move it out of contrib, either. > > Really? So why did you say this?[2] > > > > Either way, I think if things go well, remote-hg will prove it's > > > worth and move out of contrib and into git's core. > > > > That was what you promised when we started carrying it in contrib/; I > > am still hoping to see it happen when it matures. > > Jeff said the same thing when he was acting as maintainer[3], and you > didn't correct him: > > > I would one day like to have it as part of the main distribution, too, > > but it would be nice to prove its worth in the field for a while > > first. > > All this time I've been operating under the impression that once > git-remote-hg proved itself, it would graduate out of contrib. > > So basically you tricked me, and I wasted insane amounts of time chasing > a target that was impossible to reach. Even contrib/README says so: I expect that things that start their life in the contrib/ area to graduate out of contrib/ once they mature, either by becoming projects on their own, or moving to the toplevel directory. On the other hand, I expect I'll be proposing removal of disused and inactive ones from time to time. -- Felipe Contreras