From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Document the --histogram diff option Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:57:11 -0800 Message-ID: <7vd38psdt4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: , Michal Privoznik , Jeff King To: Thomas Rast X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Mar 06 20:57:26 2012 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 1S50Vf-0005ss-6I for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:57:23 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030900Ab2CFT5Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:57:16 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:55768 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030372Ab2CFT5O (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:57:14 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF8C6673B; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:57:13 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=dNpHKNIQTizjftUvk9WXLb+eTv0=; b=eBNGkx 6c/TZ0Kr3N3ADwFVQnRf82pMHqCw/GoMlazM3mKw3n67lQsOLugz4biv505f9DbB A5/6SqaLwJj4jEKrPOc0iuxygWCdwvRoy7VkNZFZ6/I5xmUXs2qN6Q5ss+qvMIZB SPqE5CpnPKWC35jMBZSXjASgH5OwEw+gSR7yo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=TbhbrDL93RfE8TB7IvDh9O+rKyt1mmXO nLd4V/Zt0wddASL2/Q0uDzVi7iMT1YEW+sQdvBY1Zo1qtLuPtajEv7cD8FG0hk0I rWmcyHzAbOuGxtFIwo+qk2jRCYLSOV589DVMpcdhCGBayvs+gsDUya/067DGWsPO 28vQmRJWh3s= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C677C673A; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:57:13 -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 b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 462736739; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:57:13 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Thomas Rast's message of "Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:15:02 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 9113884E-67C6-11E1-A111-9DB42E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Thomas Rast writes: > Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast > --- > > This is only the minimal update. I think in the long run, we should > add a note saying why we support all of them. But off hand I didn't > have any substantial evidence in favour of patience that could be used > as an argument. Isn't the main argument made by proponents of patience diff is more readable output, and not performance? That line of argument relies on a fairly subjective test "which one is easier to read?", so it is hard to come up with a substantial evidence, unless somebody invests in A/B test. Thanks, will queue for 1.7.7.x maintenance track and upwards.