Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes

From: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Date: Dec 18, 2007, 02:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20071218022323.GD13821@ca-server1.us.oracle.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vbq8o4yxc.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 04:41:19PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> It is not a corruption, but the distinction doesn't matter much to the
> end user who wants to get the job done with the data right now.  The
> data that was made inaccessible is inaccessible.  The only difference is
> that it is recoverable once the user upgrades, but that may be painful,
> even though it may be rewarding afterwards and worth doing so, and the
> user may not be able to afford doing so right at that moment.

Junio, I agree 100% with your description here. This is all about user
experience and data which is silently made inaccessible makes them feel
pretty bad.
	--Mark

-- Mark Fasheh Senior Software Developer, Oracle mark.fasheh@oracle.com