From: Mark Fasheh Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:23:23 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes 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: > 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