From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:42:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] limit the usage of the default remote "origin" to the minimum
Message-ID: <20080429214210.GB2413@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20080429193536.GA19340@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King, Tue, Apr 29, 2008 21:35:36 +0200:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 05:23:53PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > This patch may cause incompatibilities to be warned about in
> > the release notes.  Luckily, these incompatibilities only affect
> > users that already know their way in .git/config, because no porcelain
> > command creates push refspecs.
> 
> I think you understand the compatibility issues, but I think it needs to
> be not "warned in the release notes" but "warned in the release notes,
> followed by a period of adjustment, and then the change". And maybe it
> would even make sense to wait for a larger-number version change (like
> 1.6.0).

But please, make this "period of adjustment" actually visible to the
USER WHO DOES NOT READ RELEASE NOTES. Say loud and clear when you do
something different. And better yet - do not do anything unexpected
just yet. Describe it, print instructions about changing
configuration. So that next less-minor-release with changed behavior
(but the warning still in place) is less of a surprise.