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Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Move contents of libgit.a to lib subdirectory
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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> writes:

> ... But why is this amount of churn necessary or being
> recommended? What problem does this address? Is that worth the pain
> this puts on every other in-flight change that is still being
> developed, or is already in the review pipeline?

No reason and not recommended; nothing; not worth.

Especially during the pre-release freeze.