From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: John Keeping <john@keeping•me.uk>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2014, #09; Tue, 29)
Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 12:34:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsiomem5t.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140506080749.GD23935@serenity.lan> (John Keeping's message of "Tue, 6 May 2014 09:07:49 +0100")
John Keeping <john@keeping•me.uk> writes:
> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 04:50:58PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> ...
>> At the same
>> time, however, the interface the remote helpers use to talk to Git
>> has not been as stable as you seem to think, I am afraid. For
>> example, a recent remote-hg/bzr series needed some enhancements to
>> fast-import to achieve the feature parity with native transports by
>> adding a missing feature or two on the Git side.
>
> This doesn't qualify as an unstable interface for me.
That is true, but that does not change the equation very much, no?
To a remote-helper maintainer, bundled is easier to maintain than
unbundled, because both sides are changing, and regardless of the
nature of the change, s/he would know how the Git side looks like if
bundled.
Having said that, I agree with the conclusion of your message:
> There is a different level of urgency between "you cannot use this new
> feature until you update Git" and "if you update Mercurial then the
> remote helper will stop working", and that's why I think the remote
> helpers may benefit from a separate release schedule.
and I am inclined to be persuaded that the users of remote-hg/bzr
may better off if they are unbundled from my tree.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-06 19:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-29 22:38 What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2014, #09; Tue, 29) Junio C Hamano
2014-05-05 18:45 ` John Keeping
2014-05-05 19:08 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 19:55 ` John Keeping
2014-05-05 20:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 21:43 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-06 17:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-06 18:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 23:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-06 0:20 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-06 0:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-06 8:07 ` John Keeping
2014-05-06 8:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-06 19:34 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-05-06 19:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 11:44 ` Greg Troxel
2014-05-07 19:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 23:38 ` Greg Troxel
2014-05-08 0:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-08 7:29 ` Chris Packham
2014-05-08 7:56 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 0:40 ` David Lang
2014-05-09 0:58 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-09 0:58 ` Submodule improvements (Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2014, #09; Tue, 29)) Jonathan Nieder
2014-05-08 18:31 ` What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2014, #09; Tue, 29) Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 0:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 0:17 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 8:05 ` John Keeping
2014-05-07 9:26 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 18:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 19:28 ` John Keeping
2014-05-07 19:50 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 20:26 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-07 20:44 ` John Keeping
2014-05-07 21:38 ` Felipe Contreras
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