Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:38:51AM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> > Which means what? Local clone with shortcut (hardlinking and remotes)?
> > Dumb protocols (http, ftp, rsync)?
>
> Right, or simply shared repo over NFS or the like.
>
> The 1.5.5 release notes will contain a note reminding people to set the
> corresponding config variables if they wish to retain the legacy
> behaviors.
We've seen that release notes are a poor way to communicate
this. What will happen to a 1.4.4 user when they try to access the
repository? Corruption, cryptic error message, or clean "this repo is
not compatible" message?
Joel
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