From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Draft release notes for v1.5.3, as of -rc1 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:53:58 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <7vmyzv1acz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vejl0546b.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v4plqoyg5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v7iqgtt1j.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vk5u7d38h.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com> <7vy7idydqa.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com> <7v7ipsz7vr.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com> <7vk5tj3bj1.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vzm20q1l7.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vlkdkq00o.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20070713092908.GO1528MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org> <7vvecmj1ju.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: skimo@liacs.nl, git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jul 16 01:54:22 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IADuq-0006LF-Sp for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:54:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755249AbXGOXyO (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:54:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756185AbXGOXyO (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:54:14 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:38598 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755125AbXGOXyN (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:54:13 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Jul 2007 23:54:11 -0000 Received: from R04e1.r.pppool.de (EHLO noname) [89.54.4.225] by mail.gmx.net (mp044) with SMTP; 16 Jul 2007 01:54:11 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/nFMJaHt7nZNsb5h7lnAMm645tIsXChJZMbpnbCO 5eEOGWt/mtyW+1 X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <7vvecmj1ju.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin writes: > > > It is really unfortunate that rewrite-commits came in so late in the > > release cycle, and I am quite sure it should not be in 1.5.3. There is > > just too much new in it, and too many things to flesh out. > > > > Junio, if you want to include it in 1.5.3, it should be marked as alpha > > code, as it has not seen any time in "next", let alone "master". > > I am not considering rewrite-commits for inclusion right now. Fair enough. > I was hoping that filter-branch will stay. Its interface is something > people are already familiar with since the days of its its older > incarnation cg-admin-rewritehist, and it would be really really nice > that anything that attempts to replace it builds on and extends its > external interface. > > Maybe rewrite-commits can be used to delegate the implementation of > heavy lifting from filter-branch? IOW can the latter be just a thin > wrapper around the former? That is a very good idea. Ciao, Dscho