Subject: Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command

From: Eric Wong <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:20:51 +0000

Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]> 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:

1) there is warning message when it's run
2) a note in the manpage indicating it's to-be-removed
3) ...then wait a few distro LTS cycles to remove it entirely