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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail•com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org, vdye@github•com, newren@gmail•com,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] read-cache: add index.skipHash config option
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:05:06 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqr0xa4v65.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <221208.86mt7y946t.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> ("Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:06:49 +0100")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail•com> writes:

> Is there an implied claim here that versions before v2.13.0 don't count
> as "older versions"?
>
> I.e. doesn't v2.12.0 hard fail the verification for all index writing?
> It's only after v2.13.0 that we do it only for the fsck.
>
> That seems like a rather significant caveat that we should be noting
> prominently in the docs added in 4/4.

True enough.

It seems that we only did security releases from 2.30.x track and
upwards for the past year or so, and anything older may not matter
anymore.  Documenting it should be sufficient.

I actually was wondering what impact it would have if we made this
change unconditionally.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-08  0:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-07 17:25 [PATCH 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-07 17:25 ` [PATCH 1/4] hashfile: allow skipping the hash function Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-07 22:13   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-08  7:32     ` Jeff King
2022-12-07 17:25 ` [PATCH 2/4] read-cache: add index.skipHash config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-07 18:59   ` Eric Sunshine
2022-12-12 13:59     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-12-12 18:55       ` Eric Sunshine
2022-12-07 22:25   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-07 23:06   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-08  0:05     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-12-12 14:05     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-12-12 18:01       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-07 17:25 ` [PATCH 3/4] test-lib-functions: add helper for trailing hash Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-07 22:27   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-12 14:10     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-12-07 17:25 ` [PATCH 4/4] features: feature.manyFiles implies fast index writes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-07 22:30   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-12 14:18     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-12-12 18:27       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-07 23:27 ` [PATCH 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write Junio C Hamano
2022-12-07 23:42   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-08 16:38   ` Derrick Stolee
2022-12-12 22:22     ` Jacob Keller
2022-12-12 16:31 ` [PATCH v2 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 16:31   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] hashfile: allow skipping the hash function Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 16:31   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] read-cache: add index.skipHash config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 16:31   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] test-lib-functions: add helper for trailing hash Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 18:14     ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-12-13  0:55       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-12-17 17:37         ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-12-12 16:31   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] features: feature.manyFiles implies fast index writes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-15 15:06   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-15 15:06     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] hashfile: allow skipping the hash function Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-15 15:06     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] read-cache: add index.skipHash config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-15 16:12       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-15 15:06     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] test-lib-functions: add helper for trailing hash Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-15 15:07     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] features: feature.manyFiles implies fast index writes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-15 15:56     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-12-16 13:41       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-12-16 15:31     ` [PATCH v4 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-16 15:31       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] hashfile: allow skipping the hash function Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-16 15:31       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] read-cache: add index.skipHash config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-16 15:31       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] test-lib-functions: add helper for trailing hash Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-16 15:31       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] features: feature.manyFiles implies fast index writes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-12-16 15:43       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-01-06 15:33         ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-06 22:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-06 23:40             ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-09 17:15               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-01-09 18:00                 ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-09 19:22                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-01-06 16:31       ` [PATCH v5 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-06 16:31         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] hashfile: allow skipping the hash function Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-06 16:31         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] read-cache: add index.skipHash config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-06 16:31         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] test-lib-functions: add helper for trailing hash Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-06 16:31         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] features: feature.manyFiles implies fast index writes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-15  9:31         ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write Junio C Hamano
2023-01-17 14:49           ` Derrick Stolee

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