From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/remote-helpers: Clarify "curl" family 
	of remote helpers
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:44:43 +0530
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Hi,

> I don't see anything wrong with "curl family". =A0Individually they m=
ay be
> http, https, etc. remote helper, but if you need a name to collective=
ly
> call them, you would want to say "curl family of helpers"; "curl help=
ers"
> simply doesn't make sense.

Okay. Since this depends on the corresponding PATCH 1/2, which is
currently under debate, I suggest that we drop this patch. Yes, the
older version of the paragraph slightly confusing as Tay pointed out,
but I don't know how to make it any clearer without getting into
invocation details.

-- Ram