From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4) Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:06:39 -0800 Message-ID: <7v4oasvvao.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7voc90wx36.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <4CFBA912.2080905@drmicha.warpmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael J Gruber X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Dec 05 21:06:56 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PPKrG-00072b-72 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:06:54 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753712Ab0LEUGr (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:06:47 -0500 Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:57236 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752949Ab0LEUGr (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:06:47 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE8D73560; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:07:07 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=nt1yhAfr4YGZtb+8SK3F1Slg3as=; b=Qvnswu fDMJgwsDIE36cet+yzjzX7TkJGolMNO0oodyZBdig4Y3YyKBN12woriDBMlsanfL IimpiUqwemwUN59gp33i02SrEIgLTsEe+vUD6fK8sbMTlSz4tqpPp0+WMfNpf/K6 cCoZi91ojmnNQbGwkF532f1eB+GKoBX/70Sgo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=jVMmQqNyKkssII55dZMh9AOaXBYKGtYE 9qJPbsTvVaAOWYIpn2eAav/aQBv8B3bs06uYEHYGZ0uOXdZuHDIiu9zytJlskClY kpDaYiskolEXeu9WqjmrXeEkbD5KkeTgSHN4ehsp/fch1KSilVM7AfU5ZXcRRUY3 slcliQTGUOA= Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A8F0355D; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:07:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2045355B; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:07:02 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <4CFBA912.2080905@drmicha.warpmail.net> (Michael J. Gruber's message of "Sun\, 05 Dec 2010 16\:00\:34 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 3B4ACED2-00AB-11E0-9E77-CDEAE6EC64FC-77302942!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Michael J Gruber writes: > Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 05.12.2010 07:30: > ... >> >> * mg/cvsimport (2010-11-28) 3 commits >> - cvsimport.txt: document the mapping between config and options >> - cvsimport: fix the parsing of uppercase config options >> - cvsimport: partial whitespace cleanup >> >> I was being lazy and said "Ok" to "cvsimport.capital-r" but luckily other >> people injected sanity to the discussion. Weatherbaloon patch sent, but > > I assume I should try and not read too much into this... No, you shouldn't. I wasn't questioning _your_ sanity, and if you took it that way, I apologize. I as the maintainer have different priority from contributors. The contributed patches want to "get the job done" first, and their solution only need to be "correct and not too ugly". I however in addition need to make sure that the changes make sense in the longer term, and my saying "Ok" to "capital-r" instead of rejecting the patch totally went against that obligation of mine. I'll have a hard time justifying why users need to type that long string that does not convey much information in three months. It was _my_ temporary insanity that came from fatigue. So an weatherbaloon patch was sent as a counterproposal, which I think it shows the best course of action given the existing constraints, but there may be better ones. If you agree, and if you have time and inclination, a reroll in that direction would be appreciated. And it does not have to be you but others on the list.