From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A52051F404 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2018 20:03:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754129AbeBGUDe (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:03:34 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:34375 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754048AbeBGUDe (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:03:34 -0500 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:34262 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ejVwL-0002NB-5p; Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:03:33 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:03:31 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Todd Zullinger cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: categorization, documentation and packaging of "git core" commands In-Reply-To: <20180207172902.GL1427@zaya.teonanacatl.net> Message-ID: References: <20180207172902.GL1427@zaya.teonanacatl.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... snip ... > > finally, from fedora, i am utterly unable to find a package that > > provides git-archimport. pretty sure fedora used to have a > > "git-arch" package but it's not there now. > > It hasn't been in Fedora since 2011. The tla command which is > required for git-archimport was retired, thus we removed the > git-arch package. The rpm changelog shows this: > > * Tue Jul 26 2011 Todd Zullinger - 1.7.6-4 > - Drop git-arch on fedora >= 16, the tla package has been retired > > As does the git history for the package: > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/git/c/3f0dc974fa > > The tla package was retired because it failed to build for > several releases: > > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/tla/blob/master/f/dead.package huh ... well, that raises the question, if tla has been unbuildable for that long (possibly for other distros), what is the value in continuing to support git-archimport? https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-archimport.html i don't really care one way or the other, but perhaps git-archimport should be broken out as a "non-core" component of git. related post coming shortly ... rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================