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([2a0a:ef40:700:a501:20c3:eb2d:481:4a64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-3a1f58f2b02sm12626117f8f.51.2025.05.12.06.10.39 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 12 May 2025 06:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <73be767c-229d-4914-bc7f-52fff36a9e5f@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 14:10:39 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Reply-To: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Spring cleanup of "contrib/" To: "D. Ben Knoble" , Eric Sunshine Cc: Todd Zullinger , Junio C Hamano , Patrick Steinhardt , git@vger.kernel.org References: <20250506-pks-contrib-spring-cleanup-v1-0-e6d5ddd79a72@pks.im> Content-Language: en-US From: Phillip Wood In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 10/05/2025 21:07, D. Ben Knoble wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM Eric Sunshine wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM Todd Zullinger wrote: >>> Eric Sunshine wrote: >>>> Although we periodically hear that someone uses it, git-contacts >>>> probably falls into the "tool has a clear alternative" category. In >>>> this case, git-related[*] is a separately-maintained more functional >>>> drop-in replacement which people could be using instead of >>>> git-contacts. I think there is a value in having git-contacts in our tree as it means that new contributors do not have to spend time installing an external tool just to find out who to Cc their patch to. Given that the script works and we recommend it in our documentation for contributors it would make sense to keep it. After our experience with the maintainer of git-related I'd be wary of changing our documentation to recommend it instead of git-contacts. Best Wishes Phillip