From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Josh Boyer" Subject: Re: [PATCH/POLL] git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txt Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:52:38 -0600 Message-ID: <625fc13d0701180352m151cceb3lf9c00b6cf0ae937b@mail.gmail.com> References: <625fc13d0701170510x8883539g93f43d9ddffe56f0@mail.gmail.com> <87ps9d7j6t.fsf@morpheus.local> <7vejptsglj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <625fc13d0701171218i31585558wf89374eae9485341@mail.gmail.com> <7vsle9p8pg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vd55dp5a3.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <81b0412b0701172359y1ef4f936pcdcb2de53d6bd468@mail.gmail.com> <7v64b4ohcj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <81b0412b0701180135r505a75a5j172c70792d6569c0@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Junio C Hamano" , git@vger.kernel.org, davidk@lysator.liu.se X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jan 18 12:52:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1H7Vov-0003Op-RW for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:52:42 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932185AbXARLwl (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:52:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932195AbXARLwl (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:52:41 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:3097 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932185AbXARLwk (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:52:40 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 44so157224uga for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:52:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=GLzNZ76w+40Rtu7BgZt9Hwk3d4iQQSEtntcWrjBBkL4TIu4yGBz8tS13oB6jwSh41EG4vcrNp4QNu/EIQZMUpoMYDY7ki4INh+pB3rT3UPcqcgw3V88NSgcbHSrjcfkRPJiwZcRXJN/eqBKcKdYR3TgraQocBhlRplgGmZkAYgM= Received: by 10.82.113.6 with SMTP id l6mr156885buc.1169121158335; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.107.1 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:52:38 -0800 (PST) To: "Alex Riesen" In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0701180135r505a75a5j172c70792d6569c0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 1/18/07, Alex Riesen wrote: > I think we'd raising the entry barrier with choosing the defaults > being so convenient for us. Well, the real-life programmers > are less of Unix-liking kind. They are more lazy and demotivated > kind, and Git will be _forced_ on them. It almost certainly > will not be their choice. Not always, some'll like it (heck, I know > people who swear by Perforce!), but most have a job, source > of income, and not the profession (like in professional pride). real-life programmers? Please don't generalize. It's insulting. > As much as like Unix and everything related, I think it is > not reasonable to try to change the majority. Not unless > we have something earth-shattering. Well, git is, but > 0001-fix....patch in email attachment probably not. I would venture to say that the _majority_ of git users are not using Windows. In this enviroment, Linux is likely the dominant OS, followed by other *nix. So changing the extention to benefit the majorit of _git's_ users is a good thing. josh