From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:17:57 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1701261317250.3469@virtualbox> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170125232051.GA25810@whir>
Hi Eric,
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Eric Wong wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots
> > were made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable)
> > objects between repositories.
> >
> > Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism.
> >
> > Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer
> > offer it.
>
> On the other hand, we have no idea if there are still people
> using it for whatever reason...
>
> I suggest we have a deprecation period where:
I would be fine with a deprecation phase, but that decision is solely on
Junio's shoulders.
Ciao,
Johannes
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-26 12:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-25 16:58 [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command Johannes Schindelin
2017-01-25 21:13 ` Jeff King
2017-01-25 21:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-25 23:20 ` Eric Wong
2017-01-26 12:17 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
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