From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:15:13 -0800 Message-ID: <7vpq0j8yvi.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7v1ud1gke7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <3f26b82599aa2a45897d345c851fab4751c55810.1359669205.git.john@keeping.me.uk> <20130131223305.GB21729@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20130131230455.GN27340@google.com> <20130201050343.GA29973@sigill.intra.peff.net> <7v7gmsd26o.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20130201073352.GB970@sigill.intra.peff.net> <7vr4kzamt7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20130201190007.GB22919@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jonathan Nieder , John Keeping , git@vger.kernel.org, Matthieu Moy , Max Horn To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 01 23:15:49 2013 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 1U1Oth-0001KC-2z for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:15:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757890Ab3BAWPU (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:15:20 -0500 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:42916 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757831Ab3BAWPQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:15:16 -0500 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00ED7B47B; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:15:16 -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=q5/PDHx79awTgfSIskCdCO9dfkA=; b=foiz3z rVVO3akHJcIxtpcFOAmoErykTR6fDn5UOIHJkk+//H9sK8yo5DNcpvmVs+mh3jET 5Cq6t/UWdyllSPydQIYz9FlBm2SHabmojxyH2vbQ0Qlwdm68gdcPS9YAJybV3/Gv 9dVX3BVu15JYkxqr5buY7KATHadQtG5pWZ6PI= 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=AmY6n8EnjEX9tj8LosX0Dhz4UfwtmFuG cKI7g4FLdRN0Y8JCwJfU0LjpKcDp5UOiZxpb4iHMWWSmZnUhHy0/rf7mutDH4nRR noFyfknLRLRRLO08lCFyl7iEEfwJTikd5TQ76TmiYw+GdVDO5KtYKu4ZZPwTe/a0 Y2iEKcHUaJs= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E950BB47A; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:15:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [98.234.214.94]) (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 5559CB475; Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:15:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20130201190007.GB22919@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:00:08 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: DAB67BEA-6CBC-11E2-9458-F0CE2E706CDE-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: Jeff King writes: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 10:52:52AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> > 4. Replace the rename "gitfoo" above with a "see git-foo..." pointer. >> > Users of "git help foo" would not ever see this, but people who >> > have trained their fingers to type "man gitfoo" would, along with >> > anybody following an outdated HTML link. >> > >> > 5. Update internal references to "linkgit:gitfoo" to point to >> > "git-foo". >> > >> > Hmm. That really does not seem so bad. The biggest downside is the >> > people who have to see the redirect made in step 4. >> >> Yeah, I see that a show-stopper in the whole sequence. >> >> This is one of the "if we had perfect knowledge we would have >> designed it this way, and we could still migrate our current system >> to that ideal, but it is dubious the difference between the current >> system and the ideal will outweigh the cost of migration" moment, >> isn't it? > > Yeah, perhaps. I did the patch series just to see what the effort would > be like. But at this point I am fine if we drop it (it sounded like > Jonathan was in favor of this direction, so maybe he wants to make a > final argument). OK.