From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:16:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <7vodly0xn7.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vr6qlxexe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v647tcjr6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vejmdq63w.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v647ninbq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 23 18:16:44 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 1Hg1DX-0005BL-FS for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753931AbXDWQQk (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:16:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753981AbXDWQQk (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:16:40 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:25836 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753931AbXDWQQk (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:16:40 -0400 Received: from xanadu.home ([74.56.106.175]) by VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JGY0094SL7Q9SQ0@VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:16:39 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: <7v647ninbq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > As 'ident' conversion is stateless, I do not mind too much > including it in v1.5.2-rc1. On the other hand, the arbitrary > 'filter' is quite contentious, although the character-code > conversion example I gave myself might be a good enough reason > for people to want it. Undecided. Like I said there are certainly plenty of good (and bad) reasons for using this facility, and many of them we might not imagine now. Since the code is already written I think you should include it. Nicolas